So at my job, I go to several different preschools. My Tuesday preschool is one of the smaller schools, so I basically have classes in the morning and the late afternoon with a big 2 hour gap in between where the kids get to just basically play around.
To give them more time practicing English and such, the school has me hang out with the kids for this duration (it's quite tiring actually). Lately, I've taken to hanging out with the oldest grade, the five-year-olds, and a lot of them like to draw and color, which suits me just fine. I doodle lots of requests they ask for, but the past few weeks, I've also just drawn a few Smash Bros doodles for them mixed in with the usual requests for various anime, Hello Kitty, and pokemon characters.
This had led to some questions. Since 5-year-olds don't have encyclopedic knowledge of Nintendo like they should, I've had to explain just what a "Palutena" and "Metaknight" and such are. Sometimes it's easy, "Well, she's a Goddess!" "Oooo, she's so pretty, draw her for me, too!"
Sometimes it's harder, "Well, he's like Kirby's rival from space and he wears a mask, but under the mask he looks like a blue Kirby." "What's a Kirby?" "Uhhh... he's kinda like a marshmellow with eyes, and he kicks butt and eats his enemies but he's really cute." "*child cries*"
It's easier with the girls, who just kind of accept whatever fumbling broken Japanese explanation I give them. The boys insist that I explain each character's power level compared to the others. "Well, I suppose in THEORY Palutena as a goddess is stronger than Kirby, but Kirby can still eat her. Stop crying, it's not permanent!" "This is Lucina, she's a female knight with a magic sword... Yes, I suppose she can beat up Palutena because her sword is magic?"
Anyway, I draw them the pictures and they color them. Here's yesterday's batch that I didn't give away.
I'm particularly fond of the girl who gave Lucina her Twilight Sparkle hair.
