Ds1 7 is off school and was bored so I set up painting for him to do with dd2 4 and ds2 1. Lots of newspaper, not too much paint, it'll be fine I thought.
Dd said she wanted to do hand prints so I painted her hands, she looked at them and screamed "aaarrrrggghhh my hands are dirty" then cried till I washed it off. Whilst I was washing her hands ds2 fell off his chair and got paint all over himself and the carpet. He started crying and then decided it was more fun to paint with the water for rinsing the brushes between colours and flicked paint everywhere.
Ds1 wanted me to draw an Easter basket for him to paint but when I had done it he said it wasn't quite how it was in his head and got upset. It took three attempts to work out how he actually wanted it drawn.
Dd2 has started crying again, I am trying to clean up the mess they've made and she is screaming for daddy.
AIBU to never do painting with them again and just let them do it at school/pre school instead as it wasn't the nice fun activity it was meant to be?