Painting birdhouses

So the other day we made a trip to our local craft store. I love that place. We walk the aisles of the crafts we are most interested in and I am lucky that I have turned my children into crafters as well.

The unfinished wood projects were all on sale and they were itching to get something. They’ve never painted anything before - other then my carpet and that wasn’t exactly a good thing - so I’m not sure why they were in insistant. We ended up picking out two birdhouses. Of course they wanted to paint first thing!

But I waited until yesterday afternoon. They did a great job - my daughter is four (five in August) and I am impressed with how well she did. I could compare it to her coloring - she tries to be precise and stay in the lines.

Her birdhouse was like three little tiny houses stuck together, with a yard. Here she is painting the fence purple.

My son on the other hand, he had to stick to the foam brushes because, well, he’s a baby still! Slightly messy and more interested in instant gratification. LOL

We have a few little things to glue onto the houses but I was a little annoyed at the paint I found on the floor this morning. Totally my fault so we waited until this afternoon to glue - when we realized the little things were lost.