Shaving Cream Art
(Thank you Pinterest)…
This is an awesome bath time activity! I saw it on
Pinterest when my daughter was in first grade. All
you need is some men’s shaving cream (the white
foamy kind), food coloring, a foil disposable 6
count muffin tin (which you can reuse), and a toddler paint brush. Ahead of this activity I put a
small dab of the shaving cream on her wrist to test
to make sure it wasn’t to strong for her skin– but
she was fine. Take the tin, and put a few drops of
one color of food coloring in each cup in the tin.
You can mix two colors if you want (like red and
blue to make purple). Then fill each cup with the
white foamy shaving cream. At this point you can
hand the tin and the brush to the kiddo in the tub
(they can use the brush handle to stir and mix the
food coloring with the shaving cream. It will start to
change color and is pretty cool). Then they can use
the brush and start “painting” on the wall of the
tub. You might want to do a practice test run of
this yourself to make sure it doesn’t stain the tub
or tile wall– if so you may be using to many drops
of food coloring.
This was one of my daughters favorite things to
do. It became a bit of a drawing journal for her
with the picture she painted usually reflected
what ever was occupying her thoughts. Sometimes
they were about school, sometimes it was about
what she wanted to be when she grew up (the picture included is my favorite one she did– her growing up to be a scientist; complete with white lab
coat, safety goggles, and a bubbling beaker in her
hand). She drew about her dad when he was on his
deployment… The best one was him in a cammo
uniform saluting the flag. It was like being able to
take a peak into what was going on in her little
head. Enjoy and have fun!
~A Northside ISD Military Wife