43 Things That Kids Can Be Accurately Described As

Kids are messy, unpredictable, loud, and fast — among a million other things. When you're in desperate need of a simile to describe your little bundles of joy, look no further than these 43 examples we've come up with for you.

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1. Small-scale explosions.
2. The sticky residue left over by a juice spill.
3. A spinning top that doesn't actually stop.
4. A beehive.

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5. A blender without a lid.
6. Going up the down escalator.
7. Roller coasters.
8. Roller coasters without a seat belt.

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9. The twister in The Wizard of Oz.
10. Legos without instructions.
11. Improv comedy actors.
12. A Jackson Pollock masterpiece.

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13. A runaway porta-potty.
14. The Energizer Bunny.
15. A clothing stain of an unknown origin.
16. Oncoming traffic.

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17. A puppy.
18. A kitten.
19. A rabbit.

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20. A hyperactive puppy.
21. A hyperactive kitten.
22. A hyperactive rabbit.

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23. Drunk old people.
24. Food critics.
25. A pot of boiling water.
26. A helicopter spinning too close to the ground.

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27. Ron Swanson.
28. Adults who are still children.
29. A carnival ride that you can't get off.
30. A thousand beeping car horns.
31. A lost sock at the bottom of a ball pit.

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32. Disasters in slow-motion.
33. Disasters in fast-forward.
34. Disasters.

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35. A thousand multicolored bouncy balls coming down a steep hill you're standing at the bottom of.
36. Vacuums.
37. A pile of unwashed dishes.
38. The game Perfection.

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39. An animal in shoes.
40. One-hundred Slinkys going down a narrow staircase.
41. A smell you can't identify.
42. A too-full garbage can . . .
43. . . . with a lid that won't close.