If you have children who love painting then these are a must have item. So far only two of my children are old enough to enjoy painting but these little pots have saved me a lot of time and stress!

They are basically small plastic cups with a coloured lid. The lid is in two parts and the outer part twists around to reveal a hole. You fill the pot with paint and put on the lid and then twist it open so that you can fit a paint brush into the hole. When your children have finished painting you simply twist the lid shut and they are ready to be put away until next time.

I only got these last christmas from the Early Learning Centre for £6. Before I had these handy little pots I just squired the paint into small trays. This takes a bit of time if you have more than a couple of colours and can be very messy because the trays get tipped up and the children rest their elbows in them and all sorts of things. Also children have a short attention span and so painting is often forgotten after a few minutes. You are then left trying to scrape the unused paint back into the bottle or end up throwing it away.

These have made painting time much easier for Mum.