The Sunday Problem: What to Do With Kids in Brooklyn When You're Out of Ideas

A painting playdate at home — the easiest Sunday activity for kids in Brooklyn. One calm hour, real art, no schlep. Paula's Painters comes to you.

Sunday, 11 a.m. The park is done, the cousins are busy, and someone has already said 'I'm bored' twice. Every Brooklyn mother knows this exact moment.

A painting playdate is built for it. Your kids plus three or four friends around the kitchen table, and Paula shows up with everything — canvases, paints, brushes, table cover. One project, one calm hour, and every kid goes home with a painting.

Calm is the word mothers use afterward, and it surprises them. Painting settles kids. The wiggly ones focus because their hands have a job; the shy ones open up because nobody's looking at them, everyone's looking at their canvas.

It costs less than you'd guess for what it is — a real art teacher, from Magen David Yeshivah no less, running a private class in your kitchen. Split it with the other mothers and it beats most outings you'd have schlepped to anyway.

It also happens to be the easiest playdate you will ever host. No planning, no craft-store run, no glitter in your rugs. Paula cleans up like she was never there.

Next open Sunday, try it once: 646-262-2794, or [email protected].