"Messy Me" class

Hazel and I just finished up five weeks of "Messy Me" art class. Mostly we worked with different kinds of paint (yes, we, as she often asked me to join in). I was hoping she might actually learn to be messy, but no such luck. And no, I'm not really disappointed about that. The teacher asked to use the picture above to advertise her next messy class in the fall catalog, so that will be fun to see Hazel in print. See where she wrote her name on the side?
We painted with finger paint, mixed textures into paint, painted a little tote bag, made a handprint, painted picture frames, played with play dough we colored ourselves (my hands were multi-colored for a day because Hazel didn't want to knead in the dye), and then just painted many pictures. Stickers, glitter glue, and confetti were also fun to add into her creations. It seemed like it rained every class day, and I was always trying to keep wet paintings dry (and not have the wind blow them against anything) while herding Hazel to the car.
It was cute to see her excited to go to class, march right into the room without me, plop herself in a chair, and ask the teacher what they were going to do today. Hazel wants to know which class we're going to take next. It almost makes me want to send her to preschool, but no, I plan on keeping her to myself a bit longer. I'll find another class instead...