They say that kids do the funniest things, but one mother didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she found her two young sons covered in butter.

Mason Hargraves, two, and his brother Jaxson, three, smeared the spread all over themselves as they played at home together in South Lyon, Michigan - claiming they wanted to make pancakes.

Young Mason had apparently tried to use it to wash his hair, coating his locks with vast amounts of butter.

Mason Hargraves, two, (left) and his brother Jaxson, three, (right) covered butter all over themselves as they played at home together in South Lyon, Michigan

But when confronted by their mother Jodi, Jaxson claimed that they had got the butter out of the fridge because they wanted to make pancakes.

In the video, Jodi is heard asking the boys 'What is that?' to which Mason proudly replies: 'Butter!'

Jaxson - whose hands are covered in butter - then denies helping his brother to put the spread in his hair, claiming he put it 'in the fridge'.

Eventually, Mason admits that the butter is actually in his bedroom, 'on his bed'.

Young Mason had apparently tried to use it to wash his hair, coating his locks with vast amounts of butter

When asked where they put the butter, Mason eventually admits that the butter is actually in his bedroom, 'on his bed'

Jodi later revealed that she had been doing the laundry when she was called to the husband to the lounge.

Admitting that she was stunned by the sight of her boys covered in butter, Jodi said: 'I honestly didn't know how to react.

'I wanted to laugh so bad but at the same time I also wanted to cry because of the mess.

'They were in their bedroom watching a movie and I thought that's all they were doing. I was not prepared for the sight that greeted me.'

She said it took two baths to remove all the butter from the naughty twosome and a further three hours to clean their beds, blankets and carpet.