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Daughter Replaces Family Photos With Crayon Drawings One By One, Parents Don’t Notice For 11 Days
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Daughter Replaces Family Photos With Crayon Drawings One By One, Parents Don’t Notice For 11 Days

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Almost everyone is bored out of their minds during this quarantine. Well, Kristen Vogler found a way to keep herself busy. She decided to mess with her parents with an innocent prank by replacing their family photos with pictures drawn with crayons.

“So I love doing harmless pranks in general and was talking to my younger sister about a prank someone pulled that involved replacing family photos with Nicolas Cage. But I don’t have a color printer, so knew that wouldn’t work. I happened to have a box of crayons and it all sort of clicked from there. That was several months ago, however. It wasn’t until COVID-19 that I found myself with more time on my hands and I actually could start it,” Kristen told Bored Panda.

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The beginning: just a normal photo wall of memories

Image credits: Kristen Vogler

In her Facebook posts, she explained the whole process:

“In case anyone needs a laugh or some good news, I’ve been working on a project for the last 12 days, without telling my parents, waiting for them to notice. I started poorly recreating the framed photos on our wall with top-notch art supplies, aka—a box of crayons. Every day I replaced a new photo with a new, and terrible, crayon drawing. Sneaking these masterpieces up was not easy, I had to hide in the bathroom clutching the frames multiple times.”

It took her parents 11 days to see that the pictures had been replaced!

“I had a lot of fun messing with my parents during the downtime between Kristen Vogler Design projects. I hope you enjoy it, and if you know someone needing a mediocre crayon drawing, you know where to find me.”

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Day 1

Image credits: Kristen Vogler

“The first crayon drawing is placed, bets were made on how many photos and how long it would take them to notice.”

Day 2

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“After FaceTiming with my grandparents (the subjects of my first crayon replica) for an hour near this wall, I decided to add another piece while my parents took a walk.”

Day 3

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“Up to three crayon artworks now and still not even a glance. That door on the left? It’s used multiple times a day.”

Day 4

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“Thought I would get caught today. I had been posting on Twitter about my progress and my mom chose today to try to start a Twitter account to talk to John Krasinski about Some Good News but luckily her account was locked.”

Day 5

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“At this point, it was getting harder to pick photos I thought weren’t noticeable plus I felt like I smelled like crayons constantly.”

Day 6

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“After getting a ton of rain for days I was needing to get sneakier to be able to add these to the wall. I think today I convinced my mom to go for a run before it rained haha.”

Day 7

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“Today was a twofer with these classic Christmas photos. At this point, I was starting to think I should have guessed based on weeks and not days for how long it would take them to notice.”

Day 8

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“I legit did not think I would get this far, but here we are.”

Day 9

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“Only three left to go before my work is complete. I should probably take a moment to apologize to my art teachers. You tried really hard to teach me to draw people, and this is what I’ve done.”

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Day 10

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“Happy Easter. My mom was nice enough to hide Easter eggs for me, in return, I did this to the photo of her firstborn.”

Day 11

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“I almost got caught hanging this one up. They had to hide in the bathroom but they still didn’t notice.”

Day 12

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“I needed closure, Kerri wanted to be included.”

Here is the video with Kristen’s family’s reaction

Image credits: Kristen Vogler

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leslie-cully avatar
Leslie Cully
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this is hilarious! Good job on the crayon pictures! lol!

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Sharon Hahn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once painted the kitchen from beige to yellow and after 3 weeks had to ask if they noticed anything different! They didn't and I had to tell them.

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Darlene Johnson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am totally impressed and if I never read another post I will be happy with that one!!!!

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Dutch VanZandt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great prank...the parents are good sports, able to laugh at themselves. :D

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Lavender Brown
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL 😂😂😂😂🤣 I am dying of laughter

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Carol Emory
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fantastic! Reminds me of me and my sister when we were driving on the only remaining cloverleaf in Washington State. I was yammering on about something and my sister took the exit to change freeways. The whole time she had her head pointed straight, but was looking at me out of the corner of her eye to see my reaction. There I was, blabbing on and on. She took the next ramp and headed back up towards the freeway we just came from. Then on the third curve, I realized she was in the opposite direction we were wanting to go. I was like "What the...?" She burst out laughing. We did it one more time just for fun..laughing ourselves silly. For those that don't know what a cloverleaf is... cloverleaf...1bf1ed.jpg cloverleaf-5ea358b1bf1ed.jpg

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OCDRobot
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lmao, these are the best kind of pranks. No one's hurt, just laughs all around.

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L1z4rd
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe my phone screen is too small, could tell the first 2 and last 3 to be changed, but no idea which ones changed in the middle. Even so, great job!

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Melinna Cook
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great idea and an excellent prank. Think you should give all the ones you did their own special frames! They should be keepsakes, too. But I couldn't get a good look at several of them. That's what sheltering at home with no computer does, I guess. Well, it still was a fun few minutes seeing a sneaky artist at work. Mahalo nui! Translation: thanx a WHOLE lot!

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Crystal Zhou
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Recently, I love how you draw! I am good at drawing but those portraits look amazing.

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Rissie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would totally one up this by pretending I still don't see it.

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Kate S
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dog right there : "I knew but it was on a need-to- know basis "

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Eagle Girl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can so relate to the mom in the vid. All I see without glasses is shapes & colors too! Brilliant!

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Kathy Gengler
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Best thing I've seen on the internet during this whole quarantine time. I love the crayon drawings.

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Bee Diaz
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get the point of this. It seems rather mean spirited and a total waste of time.

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Marilyn Bojanowski
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll be honest, even though I'm on a computer, it took a bit of scrolling back and forth to notice which ones changed. Good job to the artist!

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Lily
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I might try this now. Not sure if we have any photo walls, but I'll just improvise.

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Mya Lugar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kerri crayon looks like Mili Cyrus's dad (forgot his name,too)

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Leslie Cully
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this is hilarious! Good job on the crayon pictures! lol!

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Sharon Hahn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once painted the kitchen from beige to yellow and after 3 weeks had to ask if they noticed anything different! They didn't and I had to tell them.

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Darlene Johnson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am totally impressed and if I never read another post I will be happy with that one!!!!

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Dutch VanZandt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great prank...the parents are good sports, able to laugh at themselves. :D

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Lavender Brown
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL 😂😂😂😂🤣 I am dying of laughter

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Carol Emory
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fantastic! Reminds me of me and my sister when we were driving on the only remaining cloverleaf in Washington State. I was yammering on about something and my sister took the exit to change freeways. The whole time she had her head pointed straight, but was looking at me out of the corner of her eye to see my reaction. There I was, blabbing on and on. She took the next ramp and headed back up towards the freeway we just came from. Then on the third curve, I realized she was in the opposite direction we were wanting to go. I was like "What the...?" She burst out laughing. We did it one more time just for fun..laughing ourselves silly. For those that don't know what a cloverleaf is... cloverleaf...1bf1ed.jpg cloverleaf-5ea358b1bf1ed.jpg

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OCDRobot
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lmao, these are the best kind of pranks. No one's hurt, just laughs all around.

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L1z4rd
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe my phone screen is too small, could tell the first 2 and last 3 to be changed, but no idea which ones changed in the middle. Even so, great job!

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Melinna Cook
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great idea and an excellent prank. Think you should give all the ones you did their own special frames! They should be keepsakes, too. But I couldn't get a good look at several of them. That's what sheltering at home with no computer does, I guess. Well, it still was a fun few minutes seeing a sneaky artist at work. Mahalo nui! Translation: thanx a WHOLE lot!

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Crystal Zhou
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Recently, I love how you draw! I am good at drawing but those portraits look amazing.

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Rissie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would totally one up this by pretending I still don't see it.

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Kate S
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dog right there : "I knew but it was on a need-to- know basis "

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Eagle Girl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can so relate to the mom in the vid. All I see without glasses is shapes & colors too! Brilliant!

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Kathy Gengler
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Best thing I've seen on the internet during this whole quarantine time. I love the crayon drawings.

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Bee Diaz
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't get the point of this. It seems rather mean spirited and a total waste of time.

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Marilyn Bojanowski
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll be honest, even though I'm on a computer, it took a bit of scrolling back and forth to notice which ones changed. Good job to the artist!

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Lily
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I might try this now. Not sure if we have any photo walls, but I'll just improvise.

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Mya Lugar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kerri crayon looks like Mili Cyrus's dad (forgot his name,too)

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