This
may seem ridiculously simple, but after the whole puffy paint fiasco I take
nothing for granted. In case you missed it, a couple weeks ago we tried our
hands at making puffy paint and it did not go well. Needless to say that our
puffy paint did not puff and we were more than a little disappointed.
After
reading through the comments I received on the unsuccessful puffy paint post, I
decided to try out a shaving cream kid craft. It was pretty easy to make and
really simple to clean up – so you know that this is one that we will be doing
again!
What you need:
Shaving
Cream {NOT the gel kind; a cheap dollar store bottle of shaving cream will do.}
Muffin
tin or another similar container that will keep the colors separate
Food
Coloring
Spoon
Paper
Paint
brushes
How to make it:
Put the
shaving cream into the muffin tin.
Add the
food coloring to the shaving cream to get your desired colors.
Mix
the food coloring into the shaving cream with the spoon or a mixing stick.
Give
the children the paper and paint brushes and let them get creative!
My kids could not get enough of this activity. They sat in their seats painting with the shaving cream paint for well over an hour, making three to four pictures each. This was a HUGE success! It was a breeze to clean up, as it was simply a matter of rinsing out the muffin tin and paint brushes and wiping down the table where they painted.
I
was a little worried at first because the shaving cream paint {i.e. the food
coloring} seemed to be dying my skin wherever I spilled it. My younger son had
purple and red hands after he completed his paintings. Right after we finished
painting I gave the boys a bath and they came out clean and dye free.
With
how simple this activity was to set up, create, and clean up – it will definitely
be making another appearance in our home. I have heard people doing this as a
bath time activity and I would be curious to give it a try. My only worry is
that the boys shower curtain and bath mats are white and I fear staining them…
I will have to give this idea some more consideration.
Have you made Shaving Cream Paint? If so, did you use it on paper or in the tub, and how did you like it?
