With the cold weather really coming in (don’t laugh, we have icicles!), we spend a lot more time coming up with creative ways to play. One thing I personally love doing is taking a bath and reading a book. While my kids have inherited the bath part, they have not inherited the book part, so I try to give them something fun to do while in there!
So on a whim the other day with the regular old corn starch and water paints that I had given Phoenyx to play with in the tub, my eyes fell on the shaving cream on the counter. I decided to mix up some of my husbands shaving cream with the food coloring on the next fill up and the result was a puffy fun paint that dissolved in the bathwater! This shaving cream bathtub paint gave us an hours worth of painting bath time enjoyment and the beauty is we can make more at any time!
And bonus is that it smells like my spouse….
Shaving Cream DIY Bath Paint
You need
- Shaving Cream
- Food coloring
- muffin tin
Fill up a muffin tin with a few squirts of shaving cream. I used white and blue and they both worked equally well and made bright colors, so no need to worry about the actual color of the cream. Use what you have!
Add your food coloring to each shaving cream puff and stir! I use the type of food coloring that comes in little mini bowls rather than liquid, but I imagine it works well either way.
That’s it! No step 3….step 3 is add some paintbrushes, deliver to your bathtub, and PLAY!!!!!!!!! The best part is that if there is any left in your tins, just rinse down the drain.
For me???
My Picasso…
~Trisha
Nicole Robinson @TheBookWormMama says
February 3, 2014 at 1:09 pmI actually have all the supplies. Joy. We’re trying this tonight. Thanks for the inspiration.
Brandi says
January 31, 2014 at 7:10 pmDo the colors stain the kids?
betsy says
January 30, 2014 at 3:59 pmAbsolutely love this idea! Will pin it and do it this weekend with the kids!
Tammilee says
January 30, 2014 at 2:02 amSo much fun! Oh my goodness this is fantastic. Love how easy it is to make.
Melissa says
January 30, 2014 at 12:00 amMy kids would love doing this! I love how easy it is, too!
Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
January 29, 2014 at 11:06 pmHis expression TOTALLY is like he can’t even believe you’re seriously going to let this magic happen. Love it!
Nichol says
January 29, 2014 at 8:42 pmOh you are such an awesome mama. I have to do this with Zoe, she would love it!
Nikki says
January 29, 2014 at 8:31 pmMy kids struggle with bathtime. I think making it fun with something like this would be helpful. Where do you buy your food coloring in jars? That would save me a lot of trouble in a lot of different things I do.
Sarah @Must Have Mom says
January 29, 2014 at 7:09 pmWe do this all the time! The kids love it
Nicole Brady says
January 29, 2014 at 6:43 pmWhat a fun idea. I would have never thought of using something like shaving cream and food coloring. When my girls were little, we bought stuff intended for the bathtub and it ended up staining! I didn’t use colored stuff much after that. You’re so creative!
Jennifer H says
January 29, 2014 at 4:24 pmCute idea! Did u find that any of the colors stained?
trisha haas says
January 29, 2014 at 7:12 pmNothing that comet didnt take off the tub
Robin Gagnon {Mom Foodie} says
January 29, 2014 at 2:21 pmThe kids sure seem to like it 🙂
Michelle says
January 29, 2014 at 2:13 pmThis is such a clever idea! I love that you put it in a muffin tin for easy cleanup.
Tonya {The Traveling Praters} says
January 29, 2014 at 2:08 pmWhat a fun idea! I would have loved this when my kids were little- it would have occupied them in the tub for hours!
Karen says
January 29, 2014 at 2:08 pmThat is such a great idea. Your boy is such a cute model for it too!~
Cayce says
January 29, 2014 at 2:00 pmI love this idea, Trish! It’s SO perfect for kids! Especially mine who literally want to stay in the water until it freezes over! 🙂
Jennifer @ My Sweet Sanity says
January 29, 2014 at 1:59 pmI need to make this for the kids. They would love it!
Ashley says
January 29, 2014 at 1:59 pmI’ve wanted to make this for a long time because my daughter loves bath time but I keep worrying about the foodcoloring, well, coloring her. It doesn’t, right?
trisha haas says
January 29, 2014 at 7:13 pmthe red does a little bit, but it does wash off. Its just food coloring, so while it IS dye, its not permanent. We just wash before we get out.
Kim Polk says
January 29, 2014 at 1:58 pmI love your blog! I just wish I had little ones to enjoy all the cool things you post about. 🙂
trisha haas says
January 29, 2014 at 7:14 pmIf it helps, i bet you could do this w/ whipped cream, food dye and your spouse. 🙂
Kat B. says
January 29, 2014 at 1:43 pmThey are both so cute! I have done this with my kids before and it cleans up so much better than the store bought ‘bathtub paint’.
Crystal Green says
January 29, 2014 at 1:32 pmI’ve seen this mentioned a time or two across the net, but it’s nice seeing your kids having fun using it. I know mine would have a field day doing it that’s for sure. Especially my two youngest kids who always have a pencil and paper in their hands it seems drawing something.
Beth says
January 29, 2014 at 12:57 pmMy kids would love this. Maybe the next not rushed bath night!!
Audrey at Barking Mad! says
January 29, 2014 at 12:32 pmI’m doing this TONIGHT! I can’t wait to see Kennedy’s face.
Sara Phillips says
January 29, 2014 at 12:25 pmThat’s a fantastic idea!
Cat Davis says
January 29, 2014 at 12:24 pmOkay, gotta know, where do you buy actual shaving cream? I haven’t seen that stuff in forever. All I can find around here is the shave gel (which I hate).
Susan says
January 29, 2014 at 12:03 pmThis is such a great idea, what a money saver and fun project!
Donna says
January 29, 2014 at 11:58 amI’m impressed with how all the colors turned out! What memories you’re making… love this idea!
Not So Average Mama says
January 29, 2014 at 11:42 amThe colors are so pretty! Even my older girls would have a blast with this!
Linda B says
January 28, 2014 at 6:58 pmOh these are such adorable photos!!