Finger Paint

If there's one thing I know about Adia, it's that she hates getting dirty. She hates getting food on her hands, or mud, or sand, or dirt. She freaks out and immediately wants to wash her hands. It's hard to get her to wait until she's finished eating to get cleaned up. At least it's made it a bit easier to get her to use silverware. She always wants to have a napkin nearby, preferably in her lap, and wipes her face, especially if she's eating ice cream.

It's pretty funny to watch her and I was wondering what she'd do with finger paints. We picked some up at Target today. I was thinking we could make Valentine's cards, but was a little worried about what she'd do to my kitchen in the process. I didn't need to worry at all. She kept to her usual "sticky hands!" freak out and hardly made a mess at all. I set several pieces of paper in front of her and a few dollops of paint. She was clueless about what to do! I demonstrated a little bit at first and when Adia dipped her finger in, she looked very alarmed.

I encouraged her more and more and eventually she started smearing it around a bit. Every few smears, she pick up her hands and say, "sticky hands. Wash hands?" She really seemed to enjoy it for a bit and made some pretty pictures. She liked telling me where to squirt the paints.








I think her favorite part though was the bath afterward. She told me she was done and wanted her bath so I took off her bath and plopped her in the tub. The paint easily dissolved and I didn't have to scrub at all.