To think its a bit bloody off to send your kid to play at someone elses house armed with poster paints and crafty bloody sponges

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Dd had friend to play after school (both ages 7) with the idea that they bog off and play involving minimum input from me.

Lo and behold her mate produces a bag of pots of poster paints and sponges and asks if they can do painting. wtf! Sodding paint and wet items everywhere. I hate crafty stuff like this at the best of times but couldn't very well say no since she'd bought them with her.

If my daughter asked to take paints to a mates house I'd think about the poor bloody parent and say no.

AIBU? Who here would be chuffed with this, honestly ?

YANBU - arm dd with glitter for her visit.

I would say no. Your gaff, your rules.

YANBU but perhaps the little girl sneaked the poster paints into her bag without her mum knowing.

just say no.
tell the little girl you did painting yesterday - what a shame!

I would have looked like a mean cow bag mummy had I said no though wouldn't I. They were in a massive see through plastic bag carried seperately from her reading folder, her mum is arty type who probably thought it was a fab idea. I went cold when I saw them.

See, I'd regard that as a wonderful opportunity to study aboriginal art designs and send her back with an entire body paint job.

That's hilarious! YANBU

haha how funny!

ahem YANBU

YANBU.

You need to take revenge...glitter and glue seem too harmless.

Loud trumpets/recorders for them to play? That should annoy the arty mum.

Sorry. YANBU.

pack moon sand when your dd goes to play at cow bag mummy's house.

oh yes moon sand

YAB a bit U. It's only a bit of paint

otter - its me thats the cow bag!

I thought poster paint packing mama was the cow bag....

YANBU. LOL at sending moonsand (the work of the devil).

Blimey yanbu!

Glitter next time? No no...hang on I've got a bag of plaster of paris here and a modelling kit dd was 'thoughtfully' () given. Lets hope they don't accidentally tip some down the sink

I am def of the 'bog off and play/minimum effort' brigade when it comes to friends round.

Yes it is only paint - but I have to be in the mood to get paints out, I do seem to be short on patience where paints are concerned. Its the whole faff of the bloody thing, spreading newspaper out, water, aprons, paper, not getting house covered in paint. The supervising. The whole point of having a mate round is so they go and play whilst I come on here cook a wholesome tea.

Or or... FLOAM!

Floam was made for sharing

Even my long suffering mum ('they're only children let them do what they want'} admitted defeat with floam.

Plus the whole point of a playdate is the mimimum interaction with the kids.

Get with it Otter - I am mean cow bag for hating doing painting with said paints and friends mum is arty lentil weaving type.

Oooh plaster of paris - now we're talking - do you remember Shaker Makers? Now that would be a good one to send my DD round with.

Oh god no yanbu. DP has a habit of setting the DCs up doing painting and then wandering off, leaving me to corrall a just 4 and nearly 3 y-o and tidy up the aftermath. If you were my FB friend you could see the terrible results.

I think you should send your DD round with an enormous bag of Haribo and a 2l bottle of COke, or something equally likely to make them walk up the walls, or perhaps a highly unsuitable DVD.

WTF is floam?

YANBU

Send her over with one of those craft kits that can only be really done by an adult - like candle making.

What a cheek!

Perhaps you could get her one of those choc coin makers they are going on about on the other thread.