I don’t have a bunch of funny comments on this one or anything (do I ever?), it’s just a pretty shirt. A colorful chalk or pastel drawing of a little boy and girl reading underneath a tree of glowing pods. Sometimes these shirts are just pretty scenes to look at. And wear. (Available at Threadless)
Seriously.. that bear will mess you up. Smokey the Bear (apparently, he’s officially “Smokey Bear”, but that’s news to me) has always been at the forefront of the fight on forest fires. Yes, I enjoyed getting to write that. Anyway, I grew up with the image of him telling me that only I could prevent forest fires – which at the time I didn’t entirely understand. I realised that I was a child, and I wasn’t really sure why they would give me – a child who rarely ventured into the forest – all of this fire fighting power. At some point I suppose I came to the conclusion that Smokey was speaking to all children individually, but regardless of how he went about it, he did reinforce some bits of fire safety. Well, other than the phase most boys go through where they enjoy lighting things on fire. Fire is pretty cool. Oh, the shirt! Right. This violent and aggressive side of Smokey isn’t one I really remember, but if the man (or, I should say, the bear) wants to really hammer his point home to children who won’t listen, sometimes a wallop with a shovel is the only answer. Most bears would use their claws, but not Smokey – this shirt shows how civilized he truly is. (Available at Threadless)
Oh, what a monster he would be. This shirt clearly shows everyone’s favorite baked goods-osaur, the Cookie Monster himself. As featured on shirts the site before, Cookie Monster is certainly a favorite of mine, stemming a great deal from my not being a cookie. His cookie obsession is scary enough as a person, were I a cookie, I’m sure he would haunt my dreams as the monster in the closet as well. (Available at Threadless)
Much as saying the name of this shirt, “Sad Psycho”, gets a Red Hot Chili Peppers song stuck in my head, I do love the shirt. The poor, almost adorable, child-like psycho, dragging its bloody chainsaw like a toddler drags a teddy bear .. just awesome. I didn’t even know they made those old scary hockey masks in child sizes, either. (Available at Threadless)
Not to be confused with the Adam Sandler movie, this shirt with a little boy leaning back on a friendly bear in the middle of the woods is pretty awesome. It reminds me of Where the Wild Things are or My Neighbor Totoro – where traditionally ferocious forest creatures are friendly to the small children that find them. Well, maybe the bear and the raccoon – I’m not sure bunnies and tweety birds are ever ferocious. (Available at Threadless)
Cute adorable monsters are the best kind. This shirt demonstrates that prepubescent games help a child learn vital skills that they will need later in life. Like jungle cats toying around and fighting with each other, instinctively teaching themselves how to bring down prey, baby monsters need to learn how to terrorize cities and bring down civilizations. Adorable! (Available at Threadless)
Oh, to be a child sitting in a chair fort. Is there anything as enchanting? Actually, I think this image captures the spirit of chair forts very well, as the blanket-and-chair structures to combine into a mystical castle that sweeps us away. Or, at least, swept us away, as it’s been too many years since I’ve been in one. (Available at Threadless)
