people share funny childhood stories

When I was a kid, I once tried to give my dog a haircut. I thought it would be easy like in the cartoons. I got the scissors and started snipping away. My poor dog ended up looking like a patchwork quilt. It was hilarious but also got me in a bit of trouble with my parents.

When I was a child, I had a huge crush on a boy in my class. One day, I wrote him a love letter. But I accidentally put it in the wrong cubby and another boy found it. He read it out loud in front of everyone. I was mortified and ran out of the classroom crying. It was really embarrassing at that time.

One of my funny childhood memories was when I tried to dress up my dog as a superhero. I used an old T - shirt and a cape made from a towel. My dog just sat there looking so confused while I was running around pretending we were saving the world. It was hilarious.

One time during my childhood, my family went camping. I was so excited to explore the woods. I found a big 'treasure' - which was actually just an old bottle. I carried it back to our campsite proudly, thinking I had found something really valuable. My parents still laugh about it.

Sure. When I was a kid, I once tried to feed my pet dog a piece of chocolate. I didn't know it was bad for dogs back then. My mom saw me and screamed. She quickly took the chocolate away from the dog. It was really funny looking back at how clueless I was.

Once when I was a kid, I tried to give my dog a haircut. I thought it would look cute with a Mohawk. But I ended up cutting its fur all unevenly. It looked so ridiculous that my parents couldn't stop laughing. My dog just sat there looking confused.

One time, my friends and I decided to build a 'fort' in the living room using all the couch cushions. We made it really big and pretended it was our castle. Then we had a 'war' with rolled - up socks as our weapons. It was so much fun and we laughed the whole time.

Once, when I was a kid, I tried to give my dog a bath. But the dog didn't like it at all. It ran around the yard with the soap all over its body, and I chased it for what seemed like hours. Finally, it jumped into a mud puddle, and I just stood there in disbelief.

Well, in middle childhood, I had a classmate who decided to be a magician for a day. He tried to make his pet hamster disappear. He put the hamster in a box, waved a 'magic wand' (which was actually a stick) and said some made - up magic words. But when he opened the box, the hamster had made a mess inside and ran out all over the classroom, causing chaos and lots of laughter.

There was a time when I wanted to be a magician. I found my dad's old hat and tried to pull a rabbit out of it. I didn't have a rabbit, so I put my little toy mouse in there. When I tried to 'pull' it out in front of my family, the mouse got stuck and I ended up shaking the hat until the mouse just dropped out. Everyone burst into laughter.