Ms. Amy's Blog @Child Central Station

We started with a table top covered in shaving cream!!! (I found a nice raspberry scented cream this time, so instead of smelling like a "truck stop" our hands smell nice and fruity!) We played and sculpted until we didn't want to play anymore, and then..... We added school glue. We mixed the glue and the shaving cream together to make puffy paint. Each child made their own paint and added it to black paper. Making wonderful Halloween Ghosts! We decided our ghosts needed eyes and opted for googly ones this time! This post was linked up to:

One of my favorite magazines and websites to visit for ideas is Family Fun Magazine. In a recent issue, I found this great idea for shaving cream prints. (If you click on the link, you will be directed to the online version of the article). We opted to use a Medium sized Plastic Tote rather than a large pan for our attempt. I found some shave cream at the dollar store that has a lovely fruity scent to it, and it is made for sensitive skin. We put a small layer of shaving cream in the tote and spread it as even as we could get it with a squeegee. Then came the fun part.... adding the food coloring. After the food coloring was added, the children were allowed to marblize the cream with their fingers, a plastic knife, or a small wooden dowel. They were creating their works of art in the shave cream. Dane made up his own little song for this part of the project, it went something like "cutting the cake, cutting the cake, cutting, cutting, cutting the c...