Fluffy Shaving Cream Paint

The other day, Monday I think, I saw a simple idea on Pinterest for making and playing with fluffy shaving cream paint. I thought this would provide Boogie fun with texture, a different sensory opportunity, a way to talk about colors, to be outdoors and did I mention have fun?

You only need 4 things for this activity which is great in my eyes! If you wanted to try it, you would need some shaving cream obviously or you could use Reddi-Whip or pudding for something tasty, food coloring, a few bowls and something to "paint" on.

{I always like how pretty the neon colors are!}

In less than five minutes everything was ready to go because all you had to do was squirt the shaving cream into the bowls, add food coloring and stir.

I saw where some were using paint brushes or other items to paint with, but since those things are hard for Jocelyn to hold, we used the best tools we were given --- OUR HANDS!

Take notes from me:

1. What you see above is entirely TOO MUCH shaving cream!! It doesn't take a whole lot, but I didn't want to have haul Boogie back inside just to make more, so I made a lot which was still way too much! Daddy no longer has any shaving cream which I'm sure he'll be thrilled about when he gets back home.
2. Be careful how much food coloring you use because we looked like we went through a skittles machine for a few days on certain parts of our bodies.
3. Look around and make sure you don't put this anywhere near ants because apparently they are attracted to manly scented shaving cream.

When I originally saw this idea, I was really excited because I thought this would definitely be something fun for Boogie, but sadly we both were pretty turned off by the whole activity. It wasn't bad at first, but then the stuff really starts to stick to you, leaves a really nasty feeling film and overall, this was not one of our more favorite activities as we probably won't do it again. I did get a few smiles throughout our painting party, and I always love getting those!

{Showing Boogie the cream paint}

{Getting started --- this is the expression I made too haha}

{First smile & its a beauty!}

{Silly, messy girl! After just a few minutes we nixed

the paper because it wasn't working so well anyways}

{Being twins! Don't judge our frizzy hair &

sweatiness --- its hot people! haha}