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Here is a fun activity that was sensory and art!
Materials used:
Shaving cream
Toothpicks
Food Coloring
Card Stock
Baking Pans
For each of my kids I placed shaving cream in each of their own pans and then let them choose what color food coloring they wanted to add to it.
Then I let them go to down mixing up the food coloring and the saving cream, they loved the coolness of the shaving cream, they enjoyed watching their white shaving cream transform into a different color, the squishing and the texture and not to mention the mess! By the way this is very messy and I suggest either play clothes or an apron.
Once they were done with mixing up their shaving cream and playing it was time to make the art paper. I cut up card stock in 4's. Each child got 4 pieces of card stock, they placed their paper (one at a time) in the shaving cream and swirled it around (they can also use toothpicks to swirl around the paper in the shaving cream) and then I laid them on the counter to dry. It left a tie dye effect on the paper, making each paper their own pieces of artwork, all looking completely different!
Here is a fun activity that was sensory and art!
Materials used:
Shaving cream
Toothpicks
Food Coloring
Card Stock
Baking Pans
For each of my kids I placed shaving cream in each of their own pans and then let them choose what color food coloring they wanted to add to it.
Then I let them go to down mixing up the food coloring and the saving cream, they loved the coolness of the shaving cream, they enjoyed watching their white shaving cream transform into a different color, the squishing and the texture and not to mention the mess! By the way this is very messy and I suggest either play clothes or an apron.
Once they were done with mixing up their shaving cream and playing it was time to make the art paper. I cut up card stock in 4's. Each child got 4 pieces of card stock, they placed their paper (one at a time) in the shaving cream and swirled it around (they can also use toothpicks to swirl around the paper in the shaving cream) and then I laid them on the counter to dry. It left a tie dye effect on the paper, making each paper their own pieces of artwork, all looking completely different!
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Monday: Living Montessori Now, Serendipity and Spice, C.R.A.F.T., Kampen Lane, Homemaker on a Dime, Boogieboard Cottage, Southern Institute, Make it Yourself Monday
Wednesday:It's Overflowing, Embracing Change, Fireflies + Jellybeans, DYI by Design, Southern Lovely, Vintage Gwen, Artsy Play
Friday: Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers, delicate Construction, Homeschool Creations, Sunscholars, Gricefully Homeschooling, Living Life Intentionally, Little Becky Homecky, Create Craft Love, Flaunt it Friday, Blissful and Domestic, Happy Hour Projects
Saturday: I Can Teach My Child, Cheerios and Lattes, Crafty Moms Share, Polkadot Pretties, Teach Beside Me
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22 comments:
They look they they really enjoyed mixing up that shaving cream and food coloring and getting all messy!!
oh messy messy but fun, I remember doing this at the day care I worked at and the smell is incredible! lol
That looks like a big, big mess!! Which means that my boys would love it!
My kids love playing with shaving cream, looks like your kiddos do as well! Thanks for hosting Link and Learn. Have a great weekend!
I love all your creative ideas and that this one can wash up easily (I'm a bit of a neat freak, smile). I'm always taking notes as I hope to homeschool my kids. I hope that your pregnancy is going well.
Besos, Sarah
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Looks like so much fun!! This is one of the things on my list for both of my girls to try. My older one hates icky things and my younger loves to get messy, so it works for them both!!
What messy funn!
This is such an fun idea, and a lot more inventive than traditional finger paints!
Thank you so much for hosting - Alice @ Mums Make Lists
This looks like so much fun!! I'm going to try this with my kiddos
What a neat idea! My 2 year old would love to get messy with this. Thanks for the activity!
This looks so fun. Did any of your kids get the colored shaving cream in their clothes? If yes, how easy or hard was it to get out?
Looks like they had fun. My kids would love this. We will have to try this sometime!
I become a stay at home mom this summer and can't wait. I will have more time for projects likethis!
Love their art work. Looks they were having a great time.
This looks like a great project. Lay down plastic tablecloths and let them go to town...this may go into my Rainy Day craft kit.
What is it about kids and shaving cream?? SO MUCH FUN! Thanks for sharing with us at Share It Saturday! I didn't realize that you have a linky party...off to link up!
Colleen
My kids love shaving cream painting (although they ended up painting themselves and the trees outside as well as the paper)!
That looks like a ton of fun! Thank you for linking up to Monday Funday!
Love messy shaving cream activities! Thanks for sharing. Found you on Hearts for Home blog hop :)
We decided to feature your post on Share It Saturday tomorrow! We are always looking for fun indoor/sensory play ideas! Feel free to stop by sugaraunts.com tomorrow to check it out. We'll also be sharing with our FB followers, so stop by and say hi if you like (We would love to connect with you there, too :)
If you haven't already, comment on our Share It Saturday Pinterest page and we can add you as a collaborator. You can start pinning any of your posts :) The link will be on our blog post tomorrow.
Hope to see you back at Share It Saturday!
Great sensory activity ... so much fun, Nicole! I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow
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Nicole, the mama behind the Mama to 5 Blessings blog, is a mom to 5 children. Three boys: ages 8 years, 5 years, 2 years, a daughter 4 years and a new baby girl born April 19th 2013. She has been married to her husband Fritz for 11 years. Here at Mama to 5 Blessings you will find quite a variety of topics: recipes, crafts for moms and children, homeschooling, parenting, reviews and giveaways, thrifty tips and much more! Mama to 5 Blessings can also be found on Twitter @mamato3blessing, Facebook and Pinterest.