Paint at daycare

[Anonymous]

I'm a big fan of kid activities at daycare and I often paint with my kids at home even (shirtless lol). I don't mind kid messes and I basically have an advanced degree in getting stains out of kid clothes.

That being said, daycare bought new paints and NONE of them are washable. Every single day my kids come home covered in paint and their clothes are trashed. (My toddler really shouldn't be using paint...) I started sending them in the same shirts every day because the shirts come back worse daily. They're also getting paint all over their coats, pants, sweaters and even backpacks. I feel like I'm going to lose my mind. All I have to say is that the Christmas gifts they're painting me better be fantastic.

What would you all do? Can I ask the Director to buy washable paint? Use aprons? Can I send an apron? I mean even if they rolled up sleeves this would help immensely.

[Anonymous]

Talk to the director, send in smocks.
Our daycare did this. It was so annoying.

[Anonymous]

I would 100% look at the paints in the class and say something to the teacher and director.

[Anonymous]

First, keep sending them in the same trashed clothing. But, talk to the Director and whoever buys the supplies. The paints might say they’re washable, but maybe they are not and they should know they’re not. What daycare in the right mind doesn’t buy washable paints? If it’s all over the teachers clothing too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, keep sending them in the same trashed clothing. But, talk to the Director and whoever buys the supplies. The paints might say they’re washable, but maybe they are not and they should know they’re not. What daycare in the right mind doesn’t buy washable paints? If it’s all over the teachers clothing too.

+1 One time our daycare accidentally got non washable paint and they were super apologetic.

[Anonymous]

I had this issue too: daycare said the paint was washable but it never cane out. You can absolutely say something, and send a smock, and send them in the trashed clothes.

[Anonymous]

Our daycare did this with apparently one color of paint because her clothes always had only blue paint on them after washing. They kinda blew me off so I just always sent her in wearing not-so-nice clothes.

[Anonymous]

So as a daycare worker, this is why we ask that you not send your kids in nice clothing. Send them in old, trashed clothing, that you’re OK with that one color never washing out. Blue, red and purple sometimes stain even if they’re washable.

I had one parent asked me to make sure their kids clothing stayed clean. I said no, I’m watching your kid I’m not babysitting their clothing too (I said it very professionally, of course). And just this year I had dad ask that his toddler shoes stay clean. Again, I told him no that they’re most likely going to get dirty so send an old pair.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So as a daycare worker, this is why we ask that you not send your kids in nice clothing. Send them in old, trashed clothing, that you’re OK with that one color never washing out. Blue, red and purple sometimes stain even if they’re washable.

I had one parent asked me to make sure their kids clothing stayed clean. I said no, I’m watching your kid I’m not babysitting their clothing too (I said it very professionally, of course). And just this year I had dad ask that his toddler shoes stay clean. Again, I told him no that they’re most likely going to get dirty so send an old pair.

OP here. I'm not asking anyone to babysit their clothes. If the paints washed out, I wouldn't care at all. I don't want to make any more work at all for the daycare workers. I'm not sending my kids to school in the fancy clothes, but the clothes are trashed to such an extent that my kids don't want to wear them either. And I only usually bought one backpack every other year and one coat a year, so paint on them isn't my favorite.

My older kid is managing not to get the paint on everything, but the toddler is covered head to toe basically. There was paint on her face even. I think they're painting with hands, not brushes.

[Anonymous]

OP here- it's not one color of paint that's staining. The actual paint is on the clothes and won't come off, not just staining the color (it does that too if you manage to pick the paint off).

[Anonymous]

Definitely say something. Send them in old clothes and smocks for the time being.

[Anonymous]

Don't they wear smocks? This is why my 2 year old's daycare clothes are Target.

[Anonymous]

I get it! This happened to us- so I literally kept sending him in the same washed but horribly stained clothing for weeks until they cycled out of that unit. I was also annoyed but I knew for next year to not buy white shirts or really any nice clothes.

My kid also got paint in his hair at least once and then also once accidentally got paint in another girl’s hair— which I felt badly about, because she has long curly hair. But nothing I could do about it except say to please be careful.

[Anonymous]

If you’re not a PITA parent, and it sounds like you’re not, talk to the director and mention that the new paint is staining everything it comes in contact with.

Personally, I’d offer to buy them new, washable paint or a set of full smocks with the stretchy cuffs – or both.

[Anonymous]

Definitely say something, it sounds like a purchasing mistake.