Preschool Pocket Treasures is a photographic archive of the tiny magical objects found stuffed in the pockets of my son after each day at preschool. I have always been drawn to photography’s capacity to suspend moments of transition and change. These occasions are often overlooked or forgotten, left only to be sensed when a memory is triggered.
This project was born out of a desire to capture the magical moments of his boyhood and his development as he transitions from a toddler into a little boy; creating a visual journal of this chapter.
I photographed the objects on our kitchen table at the end of each day.
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I use to have loads of fake gems stuffed in my pockets to trade with other kids :PPP
Once someone in my class brang in a REAL SCORPION! It was not even like, bring in a pet day!? We don't have that.
Back in year 4, A boy brang a scorpion into school. We sat down and he pulled it out of his pocket and placed it in his hand. It actually ran away and somehow it ended up ON THE TEACHERS DESK and the boy who brang it in couldn't keep an eye on it but my teacher was in hysterics and threw it in the bin!!!
I love how these pocket collections can have a theme going, like they were really fascinated with a certain colour that day.
oh the applesauce top...i find those all the time in my girls pockets...and of course mine too :-)
"Er, yes, Mr....Pennywise? Yes, we need you to come pick up your son..."
reminded of the scene in Amelie where she comes across mementos of a boy.
you keep some of those in a shoebox for when they are old to be flabbergasted.
The kids rocks!! It's amazing the innocence, how important is a paper clip, a twig, a pice of cord! Those are treasures, sometimes founded below a bench in the park, and how they imagine how important is that! Melt my heart all the pictures! Make me remember when I️ found thinks like that in my children's pockets when make the laundry!! Great post!
A list of all things I'm carrying around in the pockets of my thick lilac winter jacket: At least 3,50 BGN in coins, a city transport card, a white pine cone, a pen, a pencil, a rubber, a red pencil sharpener, a 5a black scetch book, two bottle caps, a bottle cap ring, a button, a phone, keys, old handkerchief, several old receipts, wafer wrapper, wooden frame magnifying glass(I use it to set fire on dried leaves. But of course, there's definitely enough sun in the winter to achieve this, hem, hem...), pine needles that are so old they partially turned into dust, forgotten dog biscuits, pumpkin seeds(a treat my degus love) and a single dried bean. Yup, this jacket is hell heavy. But, as all pocket contents, it's pocket contents reveal a lot about the owner.
I have a box of random objects I found growing up that I thought was interesting. Apparently I started when I was 4-5. To this day there are things I can't remember why they were in there. Like an unopened pack of Wrigley's Double Mint Gum. A very over sized quarter. Other things that are not really uncommon that I placed in there when I was just a little kid. My parents kept it and gave it to me. Now I have a larger box with all those items and more that I have added and that i have memories attached to them. I have done the same for my kids. I love my box of little things.
I love the innocence of these. Everything he finds is a treasure to him!
Sweets' life is too short to reach the pocket of a little kid once they put their hands on it. ♥
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I can't tell you how much I adore this project--and how can I choose which pocket day I like more? Ah. This is great.
This is the sweetest, most innocent thing I've ever seen! I'm still smiling and I can't stop. :D :D :D
This series makes me so sad that much of the clothes sold to girls don't have pockets she loves picking up rocks and leaves and have a handy dinosaur toy to bring along. I used to love to do the same but she doesn't get the same experience because the items end up in one of my pockets as she has none.
As a teacher of 4 years olds, I'd like to add that's there's always a lump of blue tac they've stolen from my desk. And, trust me my pockets are worse when I've taken everything away from them!
Is this post still new?? Lol why are all the comments from so many months ago???
That just means it was only *featured* recently but was probably submitted/written several months ago and people found it in the recent tab.
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It's so cute <3 It could be cool if parents had the possibility to add their kids' treasures !
This is so lovely! Would just be nicer if each picture had the name and age of the child, to make it more real and personal.
The name does not matter. It is all from the same child. But the age in time would be nice if it is a long lasting project. Keeping all 'treasures' in a box for him when he is older is nice too. And then the photo's with age as a guide. Or a new box for every year he gets older.
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reminded of the scene in Amelie where she comes across mementos of a boy.
you keep some of those in a shoebox for when they are old to be flabbergasted.
The kids rocks!! It's amazing the innocence, how important is a paper clip, a twig, a pice of cord! Those are treasures, sometimes founded below a bench in the park, and how they imagine how important is that! Melt my heart all the pictures! Make me remember when I️ found thinks like that in my children's pockets when make the laundry!! Great post!
A list of all things I'm carrying around in the pockets of my thick lilac winter jacket: At least 3,50 BGN in coins, a city transport card, a white pine cone, a pen, a pencil, a rubber, a red pencil sharpener, a 5a black scetch book, two bottle caps, a bottle cap ring, a button, a phone, keys, old handkerchief, several old receipts, wafer wrapper, wooden frame magnifying glass(I use it to set fire on dried leaves. But of course, there's definitely enough sun in the winter to achieve this, hem, hem...), pine needles that are so old they partially turned into dust, forgotten dog biscuits, pumpkin seeds(a treat my degus love) and a single dried bean. Yup, this jacket is hell heavy. But, as all pocket contents, it's pocket contents reveal a lot about the owner.
I have a box of random objects I found growing up that I thought was interesting. Apparently I started when I was 4-5. To this day there are things I can't remember why they were in there. Like an unopened pack of Wrigley's Double Mint Gum. A very over sized quarter. Other things that are not really uncommon that I placed in there when I was just a little kid. My parents kept it and gave it to me. Now I have a larger box with all those items and more that I have added and that i have memories attached to them. I have done the same for my kids. I love my box of little things.
I love the innocence of these. Everything he finds is a treasure to him!
Sweets' life is too short to reach the pocket of a little kid once they put their hands on it. ♥
Load More Replies... I can't tell you how much I adore this project--and how can I choose which pocket day I like more? Ah. This is great.
This is the sweetest, most innocent thing I've ever seen! I'm still smiling and I can't stop. :D :D :D
This series makes me so sad that much of the clothes sold to girls don't have pockets she loves picking up rocks and leaves and have a handy dinosaur toy to bring along. I used to love to do the same but she doesn't get the same experience because the items end up in one of my pockets as she has none.
As a teacher of 4 years olds, I'd like to add that's there's always a lump of blue tac they've stolen from my desk. And, trust me my pockets are worse when I've taken everything away from them!
Is this post still new?? Lol why are all the comments from so many months ago???
That just means it was only *featured* recently but was probably submitted/written several months ago and people found it in the recent tab.
Load More Replies... It's so cute <3 It could be cool if parents had the possibility to add their kids' treasures !
This is so lovely! Would just be nicer if each picture had the name and age of the child, to make it more real and personal.
The name does not matter. It is all from the same child. But the age in time would be nice if it is a long lasting project. Keeping all 'treasures' in a box for him when he is older is nice too. And then the photo's with age as a guide. Or a new box for every year he gets older.
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