Artist Ted

One of Aria's favorite picture book series is Doctor Ted, Firefighter Ted, and Artist Ted, all by Andrea Beaty.  Ted is quite the character.  In the books he becomes a doctor, a firefighter, and an artist.  He "saves" the day with his new skills, while annoying his mom, teacher, and principal.  They are quite funny!  We can hardly go to the library without checking out one of them.

Most recently we have Artist Ted.  In the book, Ted can't find a paintbrush or paint, so he makes his own.  For paint he uses ketchup, mustard, chocolate syrup, toothpaste, and jam.

One day, as we were reading, I asked Aria if she would like to paint with those things.  What four-year-old would answer "no" to that?  Certainly not my kid!  So we got out some condiments and started a masterpiece.  We didn't have jam I was willing to use for painting, so we used some vanilla pudding with pink food coloring instead.  Otherwise, we used the same things Ted did.

Aria had a great time!  It was smelly and gooey, but oh so fun!  Unfortunately, I said we could not keep the picture forever because the mustard smelled pretty bad.  But, we do have a wonderful memory and an excellent connection to one of Aria's favorite books!