If there’s one universal truth I’ve discovered as a mother of boys, it’s that life with boys is messy! From dirt on the floor to pee on the toilet seat, I’ve pretty much resigned myself to dealing with random messes for the rest of my life. But while some messes are just flat-out gross, others are a lot more tolerable. Cleaning up the spilled chocolate from a kitchen baking session or scraps of paper and foam from a marathon crafting spree is worth the effort considering how much fun my boys have making those messes!
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Personally, I think that the favourite messy project my boys have ever made was our family hand-print artwork. When it came to making a mess, this was in a class of its own! Coating our hands and arms in acrylic paint, pressing them down on a canvas and then using other colours of paint and our fingerprints to decorate meant lots and lots of cleanup. And as hard as we tried, a few splatters ended up on the floor. The Swiffer WetJet made quick work of the mess, though, and the end results were well worth it!
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Oh boy my youngest loves making crafts with colourful sand and my oldest loves to fingerprint and likes to wipe it on the walls
we had a paint trail from room to room……thankfully it was easy to remove!
Wasn’t so much as a ‘mess’ as a lot of stuff on the floor. After last Hallowe’en my toddler took out every single piece of candy from her bag and lay them on the floor in the shape of a rainbow. It was quite cute. There was a lot of treats there, but luckily she cleaned it all up afterwards.
My daughter thought that avocado made good paint…but didn’t tell me. I didn’t notice for a day…avocado has remarkable staying power when dry lol
Amazing love kids creative little brains…they are so interesting & come you with the most amazing ideas!!
We were making sugar cookies for the school. My little one was so excited to add the sprinkles, she opened them while my back was turned….well they exploded everywhere. Those darn things. I was finding them for days.
My biggest mess was when my son was a toddler, he grabbed the bottle of baby powder and decided to stand on my bed jumping up and down with the bottle open. Powder was EVERYWHERE. It took me days to get it completely cleaned up! Little bugger, I am glad I can sit back now and laugh about it, but at the time, I was nearly in tears.
I often get carried away when painting. Clothing gets ruined! lol
Pancakes and there was flour and eggs everywhere
I am generally not tolerating messes well :), so I try to prevent them. The worst one we ever had was from the sand.