Matthew can be hard to entertain all day every day, so today I decided to try an art project: fingerpainting. He's a little young for it, but he likes to wipe his food around his tray with his hands, so I thought he would like it. He didn't.
The first thing he did was taste the fingerpaint, which tasted really bad (don't worry, it's non-toxic) and I know it tasted bad because Matthew was making such a fuss after he tasted it that I had to try it. Maybe they make it taste bad to discourage kids from eating it. Anyway, it was all down hill after that. You would've thought I was punishing him. He was just so upset to have paint on him (and he doesn't mind food or dirt being all over him at all). So our art project time didn't last long. I guess we will put the paint away until he stops eating everything.
What we did get a kick out of was how much these pictures look like Scott when he was little. Maybe it's the sad face.
The first thing he did was taste the fingerpaint, which tasted really bad (don't worry, it's non-toxic) and I know it tasted bad because Matthew was making such a fuss after he tasted it that I had to try it. Maybe they make it taste bad to discourage kids from eating it. Anyway, it was all down hill after that. You would've thought I was punishing him. He was just so upset to have paint on him (and he doesn't mind food or dirt being all over him at all). So our art project time didn't last long. I guess we will put the paint away until he stops eating everything.
What we did get a kick out of was how much these pictures look like Scott when he was little. Maybe it's the sad face.
3 comments:
Poor kid, and poor mom! We have the opposite type of problem with Matilda, she probably would have thought that the paint was a most delicious snack. I'm not kidding when I tell you that crayons are one of her favorites, she would eat them like chips if I let her and does when I'm not paying close enough attention, whoops! But I agree, it's hard to keep them entertained all the time!
I've heard of fingerpainting with pudding. Is the expereince too traumatic to try again?
Matthew likes eating crayons too, or at least sucking on them til the color starts bleeding off. Fingerpainting with pudding? That sounds like an activity I would like!
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