Shaving Cream Paint

Older Toddler +

Shaving cream paint is super fun and SO easy to clean up.  As you use it, it "deflates" and then it washes away easily with water or wipes clean with a towel.  We sometimes use it to decorate our bathtub, but today we used it to paint the dining room table.  I remember being able to "paint" our desks at school with plain shaving cream when I was super little, and it was SO MUCH FUN that I had to give it a go with S.

To make shaving cream paint you need:

Shaving Cream

Liquid Watercolors (or Food Coloring)

I laid the splat mat out on the ground, but honestly we didn't need it.  The paint was very well contained on the tabletop.  

S made patterns, smears, and even some little mountains of shaving cream paint.

We even made a thin layer of it and had her practice writing her name in it.

After she was done, she washed her hands, and then I used a damp paper towel to wipe down the table.  Despite appearances, it took less than 3 minutes to clean up!  We've never had any trouble with staining, even with our white tile bathroom walls (though we do wash it right after we finish - I'm not sure what it would do if you left it for an extended period of time).

Be sure to keep an eye out for our next adventure painting in a unusual place in our home sometime next week.  In the meantime, I just loved this post from my friend Vicky at Mess for Less about Window Painting.

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