mom, I could do this all day

I have shied away from doing messy crafts at home. Call me a wuss but I hate cleaning up the mess, especially as it usually means trying to keep the kids out of the mess while cleaning them and the mess simultaneously. Not a fun job, at least in my books. And now with 3 kiddos, I really don't like the idea of messy projects at our house. But, my boys thoroughly enjoy any messy craft we do at storytime so I decided it was high time I gave it a shot...that, and I kept getting these huge pieces of paper in my Amazon boxes that were just begging to be put to good use.

A quick stop at the dollar store for paint and brushes and we were in business. Oh, and taking off the boys' shirts because I do enough laundry already.

It was a hit.

There is nothing like mixing four colours to see what colour you end up with. Or painting in the same spot over and over and over again. Because why would you want to paint the whole piece of paper?!?

Thankfully liquid tempera paint is an easy clean up.

Lane's comment was that he "could do this all day."

Maia did not want to miss out on all the fun so she painted with yogurt.

She made the biggest mess out of all of them!

And every day since the boys have asked to paint.