I do art like this all year round so my group is used to it. Obviously when I had the 8 and 10 month olds they did age appropriate stuff but even then they did it themselves. I actually preferred when they were in highchairs lol. I just put them in there in their diapers and let them go town! It was much easier to clean up that way too.

I'm lucky that I have had kids who enjoy art. I did have one boy who hated getting his hands dirty with paint so I would just give him a brush. He eventually started to do finger painting on his own.

Nobody knows how to do something for the first time (adults included). This is why we practice, practice, practice I admit, scissors don't come out often here....that will be the new year's goal! lol