Weekend Painting fun

To get the kids creativity fix this weekend I set up something I've been wanting to do for a while now, shaving cream art. I wanted to make it a little easier for me and only got one child to do it and one time, that way I could help them every step of the way instead of trying to split myself in 3 and have 3 kids all calling out for me to help them. This may the whole process a lot easier and a lot less mess was made (I will make sure to do this any time we are doing something that they need a lot of help with)

So first we started with a baking tray (one bigger than an A4 piece of paper) then I covered the tray in shaving cream and spread it out so it covers it completely (the fist time I use way to much cream, you don't need a whole lot just a thin layer is enough) then it's time to add your colours. I used food colouring gels as I have a lot of different colours for cake decorating but you can use standard food dies and I've read normal paint but have not tired that.

Next hand your child a fork or tooth pick and skewer and get them to mix all the colours together and make pretty patterns, when they are happy with it take your paper and lay it on top of the cream and smooth it out making sure as much of the paper touches the cream. Lift the paper off and scrap off the excess cream, leaving your child's masterpiece on the paper. I love how these turned out and wanted to do one myself (maybe next time when I don't have to do a quick clean up and start making tea)

I do Project Life (memory keeping) and I have big plans for these works of art. I'm going to make them into Project Life cards and It's a way to keep art the kids have made themselves. The kids are so proud of these, this is a project we will be doing again. Until next time have fun.