Mommy and We Craft Time: Messy Monday....... Painting Butterflies

Happy First Day of Spring Everyone!! In celebration of Spring we decided that we were going to paint some beautiful butterfly magnets to brighten up our refrigerator. We have been over the winter season for awhile now and are very excited to see the beginnings of our spring flowers popping up.

When it comes to these craft kits I am really not understanding the size of the boxes they come in. I think that they make these boxes so big because all littles are like my littles and wont choose a craft unless it comes in a huge box. When choosing the craft to do my littles choose the largest box because they think that it is going to have lots of stuff inside.

My littles were so excited when opening the box, even my boy, but when what was inside fell out there was a look of disappointment and he said "Oh come on!" Needless to say his interest went away very fast.

Included in the box: 1 large butterfly magnet, 4 smaller butterflies, 1 set of paint and a paint brush. I had to purchase additional paint because my littles are not so good at sharing the paint.

The great thing about this craft is that the littles didn't need much help with everything. They were able to sit and do the craft all by themselves without me having to complete any of the steps for them. I was able to enjoy the moment and just watch their little minds work.

We started out with such high hopes that these butterflies were going to look like the ones we see outside... except pink and "boy colors" whatever that means. I knew from the very beginning that they were going to turn out a mixture of every single color of paint we had (which would create a greenish color) and "boy colors"

The final result is that we have 3 green butterflies, 1 "boy color" butterfly and a butterfly painted my me. The boy lost interest after he was finished with his butterfly and decided that he was going to help Daddy do something "manly".

As I was painting my one little butterfly I was able to sit and enjoy the company of my girl. We talked about how it was so exciting that it was Spring time and how she was excited to go outside and play. She told me how she wants to fly her kite and color with chalk. She cannot wait for our flowers to pop up so she can pick them. I am hoping that we are going to have a lot of outdoor adventures this spring.

The thing she is most excited about though is..... finding worms! My little girl may love to wear dresses and jewelry but she is always the first one in the mud no matter what she has on.

I'd give this craft a 1.0/5.0 Mommy hair pulling score.