Last week my adorable Fudge drew a picture of a mom, dad, and daughter. She showed it to me and asked me to guess why all their mouths were orange. I was able to guess fairly easily because she is my daughter and I know her. I’ve been thinking about it ever since and decided to turn her picture into a contest.
Rules:
1. Take a good look at the picture and leave ONE comment with ONE guess as to why all their mouths are orange. HINT: It has to do with food 😛
2. I will have Fudge draw a name from all those with the correct guess.
3. Contest ends at 5pm PST next Thursday, August 21.
4. Winner will receive a gift certificate for their choice of one 8×10 Sarah Jane print. Many thanks to Sarah Jane for providing the prize!!
Why Sarah Jane? Take a look at this “Little Artist” print I bought over a year ago for Fudge.
It is her to a T! Fudge has brown curls, colors all the time, and is never without her beloved stuffed giraffe, Judy Elizabeth Wells. Don’t ask me how Fudge came up with that name. A Sarah Jane print just seemed like the natural choice for a prize considering the contest is about Fudge’s own artwork.
All of Sarah Jane’s pieces evoke the fun and innocence of childhood. Some of my other favorites are her calendar prints, 
This is June, the one below is April.
Boys At Play,
and Summer Tea Party.
You can also read about Sarah Jane’s creative exploits and meet her family over at her blog. I am always so impressed with women who know the importance of motherhood, relish it even, yet still find time to pursue their passions.
Good luck y’all!
***EDITED 8/21/08: This Contest is now over. Thanks for participating! ***
Is it from eating cheetos?? Cute picture and I love Sarah Jane studios.
Okay…so this is waaaay out there, but its a thought! Could it be saffron? I know it stains pretty bad! I was gonna go with popsicles…the ever-obvious oranges…but just to take a walk on the wild side, we’re gonna go with saffron. Saffron. 🙂
Even though it is brown and not orange, I have to say chocolate. Maybe it was orange chocolate?
If it were my children, it would be cheeto-mouth. Gotta go with cheetos.
Cute, cute contest.
i would have to say chocolate as well. sounds really good. and i love the artwork.
In our family our mouths look like that when we are eating oranges. We quarter them and then eat it off the peel. The kids like to hold the orange in their mouth to cover their teeth and look at themselves in the mirror.
my answers are all taken 🙁 so I will go with
Mac n Cheese?
Chocolate Oranges.
I’d have to say Cheetos too! Same thing happens over here. 😀
gotta be cheeto-face.
You’re all drinking orange pop. That’s my guess. Very good picture, Fudge! 🙂
My guess is everyone got into Mom’s orange lipstick. Yeah even Dad LOL!
My first thought was also “cheetos”…so I’m going to go with that!
I am going with cheetos, even though I never let my kids have them and I wonder if you do. They are banned mainly because Mama can’t control herself around them and I don’t want that bad example set! Love the drawing and the Sara Jane prints. Oh, and love the giraffe’s name. It’s too adorable.
I’ll jump on the bandwagon and say cheetos. I can’t think of anything else that stains the whole face. Great picture Fudge.
It’s the right time of year for peaches, so I’m going to guess you were all eating something peachy, like pie or cobbler! Some of the peaches I’ve eaten lately are so juicy you have to hang over the sink or the goodness drips all over you!
My first thought was cheetos too, but I will go out on a limb and say an orange julius.
Cheetos is a good guess, but when I saw the picture I thought carrots. I know that’s not exactly a highly-staining thing – but it’s what I thought. The ones that are out in the left corner look like lightning bugs in jars – but I sure hope nobody is eating those!
What a fun contest! I love trying to interpret children’s drawings.
Drinking orange juice.
I think it’s because they are eating Chocolate!!!
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I am going to have to go with eating orange otter pops or popsicle!
How about orange juice for breakfast? Lots of Pulp, of course.
I know its red, not orange, but I’m going to have to guess spaghetti.?!?
Cute pic!
Dorritos!
As unhealthy as they are…we are HUGE Cheeto fans around here, so I’m gonna guess Cheetos.
hmmm…around our house it would be cheetos or orange ice blocks/popsicles. So I’ll guess cheetos since they make slightly more mess around here. =) great picture and fun idea to make it into a contest. especially for a sarah jane print.
My kids all like dipping into the baby’s sweet potato baby food, so that’s my guess!
Ok, I’m really tempted to read what everyone else wrote first, but I’m not.
My best guess (and it’s a lovely drawing, btw) is that she couldn’t find her brown crayon and the “orange” is chocolate. I see, what appears to be chocolate bars on the side. And everyone looks happy. And this is the home of chocolate lovers. 🙂
Fun contest! I’m in love with Sarah’s illustrations too. They’re perfect.
My guess is chocolate covered oranges…. 🙂
~Jennifer
I’m going to have to go with everyone else and guess cheetos. Yum 🙂
Though I think Cheetos and Doritos are the most likely thing to cause that much orange mouth, I am guessing those rarely if ever make an appearance at your house — so my guess is that they’ve all been eating orange-filled chocolate bars.
I’m going to say you’ve all been eating peaches. My first guess was chocolate but that’s brown…
Oh how sweet!!
Everyone just had orange popcicles!
Based on my daughters mouth after her Grandmother gave her Cheetos for the first time this weekend, that will have to be my guess as well. What a yummy mess they can make.
I’m going with chocolate too! Yum!
I would have to say cheetos, even though it’s been said already! Pretty obvious, though, and maybe she is more gourmet than that.
My first guess was Cheetos, but I don’t see any orange on their hands and that would be a dead give-away. I’m still going with Cheetos.
Jody
My kids have orange mouths after slurping up Spaghetti. So That’s my guess – Spaghetti Sauce!
Oh and thankyou for the flannel board stories. I use them all the time for FHE!
i’m going to guess orange popsicles, given the season (although cheetos or doritos is a good guess).
i love sarah jane studio’s work. she truly captures the moments of childhood.
I know, I know……….Chocolate covered mac and cheese topped with cheetos……there, that should cover it. oh wait…..orange popsicles for dessert.
Very cute drawing……..=)