People Submit Their Most Awkward Family Pics To This Instagram Account, And Here Are 115 Of The Funniest Ones (New Pics)

by admin August 10, 2022

Flipping through old family albums is both a pleasure and a challenge for us. It’s great to revisit wholesome memories from our past again, but it can really hurt to see just how many embarrassing and awkward photos there are of us. It’s cold, hard proof that we weren’t as cool as we thought we were! Is that really how we used to dress? Oh, dear Lord, is that what we look like when we smile?!

If you learn to embrace that goofy and derpy side of yourself, you might realize just how much fun you can have in front of the camera when you’re not trying to come across as ‘perfect.’ And it makes it sooo much easier to deal with any awkward pics you might find in your archives.

That’s where the Awkward Family Photos project comes in. The brainchild of childhood friends Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, AFP features super awkward and cringy photos from the past that are incredibly fun to look at. Nearly all of us have some pics at home like this which makes it even more enjoyable.

Scroll down for the newest vintage awkward pics, as featured by Awkward Family Photos, and remember to upvote your fave ones, Pandas. Got any similar photos to share with us? You can post your pics in the comments. And if you can’t get enough of AFP, then hang on to your hats and check out Bored Panda’s recent articles about the project here, here, and here.

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People Submit Their Most Awkward Family Pics To This Instagram Account, And Here Are 115 Of The Funniest Ones (New Pics)

#1 "My All Time Favorite Picture Of My Sister. She Was 6, Tired, And Had Just Tried Sparkling Grape Juice. Not A Fan."⁠

#2 “As A Child, I Would Dress Up As A Clown Whenever There Was A Reason To Celebrate – In This Case The Birth Of My Younger Brother.”

#3 "My Parents Wedding Day, 1980s."

#4 "If Your Mum Wasn't Making Herself Into A Ramp For Your New Bmx, Did She Even Love You? 1980'."

#5 "When It’s Your First Day Of Kindergarten And Also Your First Day As Head Of The Pta."

#6 “My Husband As An Infant. I Prayed Our Children Would Not Inherit His Large Cranium.”

#7 "My Great-Grandfather's Passport Photo From 1978."

#8 "My Daughter Was Supposed To Be A Flower Girl In Her Aunt's Wedding But Napping Is Life (And She Was Safely Strapped In)."

#9 “I Got A Life Sized Barbie When I Was 7 And My Brother Had Other Ideas.”

#10 "A Valentines Day Card From A Student Of Mine."

#11 "My Favorite Picture Of My Parents. Them On Their Wedding Day. 1991."

#12 “Our Grandma Used To Not Only Give My Sister And Me Mullets In The 80s, She Would Then Perm Them. Matching Permed Mullets. Need I Say More?”⁠

#13 “My Parents Just Got A Hot Tub And Were Very Excited About It."

#14 “This Pretty Much Sums Up My Childhood"

#15 "I Asked My Grandma If She Had Some Rice That I Can Put My Phone In When It Got Wet And She Pulls This Out Of A Cabinet."

#16 “This Is A Photo Of My Daughter And Her Father Riding The Tennessee Tornado Roller Coaster At Dollywood. When We Saw The Photo At The Sales Kiosk, We Laughed So Hard We Just Had To Buy It!”

#17 "Dad Didn't Have Much Luck In The Arm Wrestling Circuit, But He Has High Hopes For His Boy."

#18 "My Grandma Got Bit By A Pelican On The Pier And Then Began To Scold It."

#19 "We Just Wanted A Nice Family Photo."⁠

#20 “Grandma Made These Wonderful Crochet Vests For Each Of My Husband’s Siblings. He Looks Strangely Happy About It. (Far Right).”

#21 “My Poor Daughter Never Heard The End Of It From Her Siblings After Her Heartbreaker Tee Shirt Turned To Fartbreaker For School Pictures.”⁠

#22 "My Aunt And Uncle Were Crowned "Golden Couple" At Our Local Fair For Being The Longest Married Couple In The County At 72 Years. Our Local Paper Did A Fantastic Arrangement For The Honor..."

#23 "I Was Born In 1981 But Turned 55 In 1992."

#24 "My Mother And Grandmother Demonstrating Safety Standards In The 1960s."

#25 "Found At My Parents. Not Sure If I Should Laugh Or Cry?"

#26 "My Husband’s Grandfather Hung Every Photo On The Wall That He Had Of His Grandchildren."

#27 "My Dad In High School (1959) vs. Me In High School (1986)."⁠

#28 “My Husband, The Blonde, Punctured His Kidney While Wrestling With His Brother Who Is Posing On The Right. His Injury Caused Him To Pee Blood And Resulted In Major Surgery. And His Little Brother Couldn’t Have Been Prouder.”

#29 “This Is My Brother And I At Christmas, 1965. I Was Only 6 Months Old And My Brother Obviously Thought I Was Annoying, If Not Repulsive.”

#30 "We Found My Wife’s Phone In The Toilet. We Weren’t Sure Which Of Our Three Kids Put It There...until My Wife Scrolled Through Her Pictures."

#31 “A Wedding Photo Of Our Very Big (And Very Small) Day.”

#32 “Our Kids Had Experimented With A Few Different Balancing Acts And By The Time I Got My Camera Figured Out, Our Son Had Found A New Perch.”

#33 "Here Is My Dad With My Grandma In 1956 At The Snow King Chair Lift."

#34 "My Knees Kind Of Resemble Baby Faces In Utero."

#35 "Welp , I Found My Dad's Old Modeling Photos."

#36 "I Apologize For My Crimes Against The Ozone Layer. High School Graduation, 1989."⁠

#37 "My 2001 School Photo"

#38 “My Grandparents’ Christmas Card From 1951 And My Favorite Annual Reminder That Font Choice Matters.”

#39 “I Received This Photo From My Dad While He Was Babysitting My Daughter. When She Found Out Grandpa Could Take Out His Teeth, He Let Her Wear Them.”

#40 “My Husband’s 1st Day Of School Dressed In A Cap That Looks Like A Helmet, Old School Glasses And White Socks & Sandals While Holding His School-Issued ‘Schultuete’ "

#41 "My Great Grandma And Her Twin Sister In Springfield, Missouri. The Original Inspiration For The Shining I’m Sure."

#42 “My High School B-Ball Pic.”

#43 "It Was My Son’s First Time On My Favorite Ride And He Was Terrified. As For My Husband, He Just Always Looks Like That."

#44 “My Dad On Christmas Morning.”

#45 “This Is Me Back In ’93 At The Brantford Skating Carnival. The Show Was Beauty And The Beast, And I Was A Piece Of Cutlery (A Spoon)"

#46 “This Is My Sister Graduating High School Back When You Had To Wait To Get Photos Developed.”

#47 “We Were All So Delighted To Meet Our Little Niece, Erin.”

#48 “My Parents And My Little Sister On A Vacation In Croatia. It Was A Long Day And She Was Quite Tired.”

#49 "Just Me, Stuck On A Fence In A Diaper While The Neighbor's Kids Are Getting Their Kicks, My Sister Is About To Eat Dirt, And My Brother Is Creepin' Around In The Back."⁠

#50 “It Was 1990 So I Guess My Parents Thought They’d Dress Me Up Like A New Wave Recording Artist.”

#51 “During Our ‘Perfect’ Beach Photo Shoot, My Oldest Son Jumped On My Back, Propelling My Infant Son Out Of My Arms"

#52 "Daughter Demanded Peppa Pig Get The X-Ray With Her."

#53 “My Grandmother And Great Grandmother In The Early 90s."

#54 "My 2 Years Old Daughter Wanted To Sleep With The Skeleton In Her Room. You Choose Your Battles…"

#55 "Vintage 1984 Polaroid Of Mr. T Pitying Me As A Baby With My Mom."

#56 “Thirteen Of Grandma’s Grandchildren Were In The House For A Couple Days Around Christmas-Time. She Was Pretty Exhausted.”

#57 “In 1998, I Was 7 And This Was A Show And Tell. I Told My Classmates, ‘I Went To Africa Over The Weekend And Petted A Lion.’ I Lied.”

#58 “It’s Hard To Get All 4 Brothers To Behave For A Picture But The Oldest Sure Tried To Keep Everyone In Line.”

#59 “1993. My Siblings And Me (The Blonde) Got The Great Idea To Take A Portrait Of Ourselves For A Surprise Christmas Present For Our Mom. However, None Of Us Were In The Mood For Photos On That Particular Day.

#60 "Me, My Little Sister, And My Girlfriend Meeting Santa."

#61 "My Wife (On The Far Right) They Wanted To Dress Up As “Fun Clowns” And Ride Around The Neighborhood."

#62 “It Was The Summer Of ‘68 Or ‘69 And My Mom (Holding Her Cousin) Was In Las Vegas With Her Aunt And Uncle To Babysit Their Kids While They Went To See Sonny And Cher In Concert"

#63 “Christmas 2009. We Went To The Mall To Take A Picture With Santa And Seemingly Nothing Went Wrong… My Son Didn’t Cry, The Line Was Manageable But Santa’s Attention Was Focused Elsewhere.”

#64 “My Ex-Husband Surprised Me After Work With A Birthday Cake."

#65 “A Photo My Mom Captured Of My Then Two Year Old Daughter.”

#66 “I Was Baptised When I Was About 10 And Yes, Those Are My Legs.”

#67 "Came Across Some Old Photos Of A Weird Looking Baby At My Parents' House. Found Out It’s Me At 4 Weeks. Thank God They Captured My Beauty Before I Grew Out Of It."

#68 “The Photographer Kept Telling My Son To “Smile More!” And This Was His Version Of Smiling “More.””

#69 “In The Photo Is My Grandpa Holding Me As A Baby In 1989"

#70 “This Photo Of My 6 Month Old Brother Was Taken On My Second Birthday. Apparently My Siblings Thought It Would Be Hilarious To Tie Balloons To All Of His Limbs And My Parents Were Just Like, ‘Whatever.’ He Was The Eighth Child, So I Guess By Then Nothing Mattered.”

#71 “This Miraculous Photo Is Of My Darling Dear Mother, In The 80s, With What Is Obviously A Cutout Of The Great Thomas Sullivan Magnum"

#72 "I Had A Lot Of Explaining To Do When My Parents Found This On Their Camera Roll. In My Defense, He Deserved It..."

#73 "My Daughter Would Not Stop Crying Until She Got Her Own Cone Of Shame."

#74 "The Location For The Artwork At Our Local Skate Country Is Highly Questionable..."

#75 “One Of Our Goats And I Were Both Pregnant With Twins And Due The Same Week. I Made Her Dress Up And Take Maternity Photos With Me.”

#76 "I Was Having A Great Time Going Through Old Pictures With My Daughter And Thought It Would Be Fun To Include My Mom So I Sent Her A Text Of This Hysterical Family Photo That I Had No Memory Of. My Mom’s Response To My Text Was More Amusing Than The Picture."

#77 “When My Husband Was A Teenager, He Got A Phone In His Bedroom With A Caller Id, Which At The Time Was A Big Deal. This Is My Husband’s Dad In The Photo Because He Wanted Some Photos Taken To Show Off The Phone.”

#78 “My Great-Aunt Loved These Cookies So Much, She Apparently Had My Father Do A Photo Shoot With Them! This Is Arguably The Best Shot.”

#79 "Snapped A Nice Picture Of My Dad Admiring A Gorilla."⁠