Being an adult sometimes we mess up the instructions given to us, so how can we expect from small kids. Kids are not familiar with the full scope of language (metaphors, allusions) which makes them feel that they are doing what we have told them to do.

For example, if you ask him “keep an eye on the ball”, he might as well try to put his eye on the ball. To illustrate this more hilariously, below are some of the photos in which kids taking things literally and they are adorable and funny.

#1 “Keep Your Eye On The Ball Son”

#2 2nd Graders Homework. My Friend’s Awesome 6 Year Old Son Is Autistic And Takes Instructions Literally

#3 This Isn’t Exactly What We Meant When We Told Him That He Could Look Up Puppy Training Tips On Youtube

#4 We Told Our 3yr Old That New Years Is Special Because You Get To Toast To A New Year. A Few Hours Later She Said “Are We Gonna Make Toast Now?!” And Thus A New Years Day Tradition Was Born

#5 My Kid Said I Gave Her Too Many Grapes. I Said Just Eat Half Of Them

#6 Toddler Was Asked To Feed The Cat

#7 Bring A Fish To School Day

#8 Future Lawyer? Was Told He Couldn’t Go Outside

#9 Not Exactly What I Had In Mind When I Told My Son It Was Too Nice Out To Play Games Inside

#10 Took My Son To A Modern Art Museum And Told Him That He Needs To Really Think About The Art And What They Are Trying To Say. I Am Not Sure, But I Think I Have A Smartass On My Hands

#11 This Is Why My Kid Is Going Places

#12 Directions Were To ‘Draw Hands On The Clocks’

#13 I Was Fixing A Computer, And My 4 Year Old Son Asked Why, So I Said It Was To Make It Work Faster. A While Later, My Son Said He Had Already Solved The Problem. Then I Come Across This

#14 My Friend’s Daughter Taking The Instructions Literally

#15 My Dad Told My Son To Get Ready For A Bedtime Story Adventure, So He Grabbed His Warm Hat And A Flashlight

#16 I Asked My Son To Use Chopsticks At A Japanese Restaurant. This Is How He Used Them For The Soup

#17 My Wife Asked My Son To Put A Jar Of Water In Our Dog’s Bowl. Saw This A Few Hours Later. Mission Accomplished

#18 My Son, The Realist, Brought This Home With Some Of His Kindergarten Schoolwork

#19 I Told My First Grade Class They Were Writing Their Letters To Santa… I Should Have Been More Specific

#20 I Told My 5-Year-Old He Could Watch TV As Soon As He Ate Half Of His Hot Dog

#21 I Told My 2 Year Old To Put Her Shoes By The Front Door. She Takes Me Very Literally Sometimes

#22 One Of Them Finally Cracked The Code

#23 I Told My Daughter She Couldn’t Take Clothes Off The Hangers And Try Them On So I Got This

#24 I Asked The Kids Not To Eat All Of The Strawberries… Hey, At Least They Listen!

#25 When Your Sister Uses Deodorant For The First Time And Gets The Ruler Out Cos “It’s To Be 15cm Away”

#26 Technically Correct, The Best Kind Of Correct (5-Year Old Style)

#27 I Mean, I’m Not Going To Be Mad. That Is Where I Told My Son Pooh Goes

#28 Told Our Kid To Go Put The Pizza Costume Back Where It Belongs…. Well He Wasn’t Wrong

#29 I Told My Son That I Don’t Want To See The Cooler In This Room Again. I’m Not Even Mad

#30 Phyto-Cell

#31 On My Birthday, 10-Year-Old Sister Asked Me What Kind Of Stuff I Liked. I Told Her Mustaches, Guitars And Sloths. She Went Into Her Room And Came Back An Hour Later With This

#32 I Asked My Three Year Old Daughter To Put Her Toys Away. This Is Where She Put Her Guitar…

#33 Told The 2Yo I Had To Finish Some Mixes Tonight – She Left This On My Desk For Me

#34 I Told My 5 Year Old Son That, If He Could Blow It Up, He Could Jump It

#35 My Friend Told His Kid To Put His Clothes Away And Came Back To Find This Instead