Whoever coined the phrase “less is more” certainly wasn’t under the age of six. Young children love piling it all on, especially when doing art. It’s more about the experience than the exhibit, and that’s the way it should be.
But if you’ve ever done shaving cream painting with young children, you’ve seen them sculpt huge mounds onto paper, and then watched it all flutter away as soon as you take the paper from the drying rack.
Here are a few ways to prevent this problem:
1 – Try Bev Bos’s glue/shaving cream combo. It’s sturdier and can even hold lightweight collage items.
2 – Ditch the art table and take that cream straight to the sensory bin! Toss in some colored ice cubes and get ready for some gooey fun with Iced Shaving Cream!
3 – Use plain old shaving cream, but forget the whole “product” idea and just paint onto a tray or table top. Children can mound it, swirl it, or spread it flat and write with a finger.
4– Follow idea #3, but then make reverse prints with paper! Plop just a little dollop or two and let the children work it to their hearts’ content. When they’re ready, press a paper onto their tray and peel it back for a print. Making the reverse spreads the cream a bit more thinly on the paper, allowing it to dry more thoroughly without the fluffy residue that flies away afterward. Plus, it’s fun to draw pictures into the cream and then see them reproduced onto the paper!
Shaving cream is a wonderful (and cheap) resource for a fun sensory, creative, and fine motor experience. And now, you can try an old favorite with a new spin!
Do you have another fun way to use shaving cream with preschoolers?
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