First Finger Painting Experience

While running a couple errands this morning I found some washable finger paints and thought it would be fun to try with Joshua today. (I must have had a momentary lapse of memory that my child is a neat freak.) Joshua was very excited to get his paints out after lunch and get everything set up. Keep in mind Joshua has painted several times, but always with a brush. Here is a photographic progression of our short painting session. . .

Joshua only dares to dip his fingers in the paint. . .


I help him along by putting his whole hand in the paint. Joshua then makes the mistake of looking at his hands and notices that they are dirty. . .


Oops, my mistake. Joshua is not a big fan of having his hands dirty. . .


He really isn't happy that his hands are dirty and is ticked that I am not cleaning his hands off immediately!!!


So, that was our short-lived finger painting experience, but at least he tried it. Guess we will just have to keep trying and hopefully Joshua will start to enjoy finger painting a little more. Hopefully he will figure out that it's okay to have dirty hands too!