On February 27 , 1935 , the 7th Annual Academy Awards , honoring achievements in film for the year 1934 , became the first Oscar ceremony at which the Special Juvenile Award was presented . Playfully dubbed the " Oscarette " by Bob Hope in 1945 , the statuette itself was a miniaturized Oscar , depicting an Art Deco image of a knight holding a crusader 's sword and standing on a reel of film . Standing approximately one-half the size of its full-sized counterpart , this rare child-sized trophy remained the prototype for the statuette throughout the history of the Award , with only relatively small modifications to its base over time
7th Annual Academy Awards
7th Academy Awards
Academy Juvenile Award