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Shaving Cream Polka-Dot Sidewalk Painting

By Sharla Kostelyk

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The last time we did shaving cream painting, I used food colouring to add the colour and we painted mostly inside on paper, though the kids did end up using it to paint on trees and on themselves! Since I still have many cans of shaving cream that I got for free using coupons, I thought that maybe we could try an outdoor version.

Shaving Cream Polka Dot Sidewalk PaintingI purchased a bath mat at the dollar store (so this entire activity ended up only costing me an extra dollar!). The bath mat caught my eye because it was full of holes and I immediately knew that we could use it as a giant stencil for something.

This time, I used actual paint and mixed it into the shaving cream in a muffin tin. I used washable tempera paint so that it would easily wash away during the next rain. I used shaving cream that was lemon-lime scented to add another sensory element. I lay the bath mat on the concrete and the kids used plastic spoons and their hands to spread the foamy paint onto it. When we lifted it up, we had a polka dot pattern on the sidewalk!

This was something that kept the kids occupied for longer than it took to set up the activity and that always translates into a success in my mind!

This is part of my Summer Sensory Activities Series.

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Filed Under: Crafts and Activities, Sensory, Summer Sensory Activities Tagged With: sensory play

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  1. Dawn says

    June 11, 2013 at 5:32 am

    My kids love to do anything with shaving cream. What fun.
    Blessings, Dawn

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