Playful Streets (8 Photos)

Admin October 9, 2025

From painted cobblestones in France to a massive cat mural in Russia, these playful interventions turn streets and walls into canvases of humor, surprise, and charm. Each artwork cleverly uses its surroundings — from shadows and railings to everyday mailboxes — to create illusions that make passersby stop and smile.

Painted cobblestone street in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, with each stone coated in bold colors such as red, green, yellow, blue, and purple, creating a rainbow effect down the road.

1. Rainbow Cobblestones — Le Puy-en-Velay, France

A cobblestone street has been transformed with vibrant paint, each stone filled with bright shades of blue, green, pink, orange, purple, and yellow.

Street art by Oakoak in Saint-Étienne, France, showing Bruce Lee in a yellow jumpsuit kicking a bent railing, making it look as if the impact bent the metal bar.

2. Bruce Lee Kick — Oakoak in Saint-Étienne, France

Using a bent railing on a wall, the artist painted Bruce Lee in a yellow jumpsuit delivering a powerful kick that appears to have bent the metal.

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3D mural by Odeith in Portugal, depicting a porcelain bowl and spoon with blue patterns, and a bird perched on the rim, painted to appear as if it is real and three-dimensional.

3. Trompe-l’œil Bowl — Odeith in Portugal

A 3D mural shows a porcelain bowl and spoon with a bird perched on its edge, creating the illusion of depth as though the objects are real.

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4. Hugging the Tree

A painted child in red pants and a striped shirt hugs a real tree that emerges from the wall inside a painted flowerpot.

Two black silhouettes at painted window frames, with one figure reaching down to give a red heart to another figure below.

5. Passing Heart

Two painted silhouettes lean out of window frames, one handing down a red heart while the other reaches up to catch it.

Street art on a white pole spelling “Newt n” with a red painted apple on the ground, visually completing the word “Newton.”

6. Newton’s Apple

A playful stencil on a pole reads “Newt n” with a red painted apple at the bottom, completing the word as a nod to Isaac Newton.

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Street art by Damon Belanger in Redwood City, California, turning the shadow of a blue USPS mailbox into a painted monster silhouette with jagged teeth, part of his “Fake Shadows” public art project.

7. Daily Life in Zeddiani — Vanda Banti in Sardinia, Italy

As part of his “Fake Shadows” series, Damon Belanger painted playful silhouettes on sidewalks in Redwood City, California. This one transforms the shadow of a mailbox into a dinosaur-like monster with sharp teeth.

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Large mural by LexusOne in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, depicting a close-up of a cat’s face with bright green eyes painted across the entire wall of a brick building.

8. Giant Cat Mural — LexusOne in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

A striking mural of a cat’s face covers the entire façade of a building. The cat’s piercing green eyes dominate the street, gazing directly at onlookers.