foamy soap PAINTING
I saw this activity for foamy soap painting a while back and knew it would be perfect for Little M.  It could potentially be a BIG mess (even a little messy for me!?!) so I wanted to be sure I was really prepared.  See the post that got me so excited here.
what you need:Â foaming soap ~ paint ~ buckets ~ paint brushes ~ stuff to paint
When I said I wanted to be prepared I was not kidding. Â I put our playmat on the grass, a smock on Little M and put a bucket of clean water with a towel close by.
Little M filled the cup with foaming soap.  (Don’t you just love the look of concentration?)  Then we added a few squirts of paint and mixed.  I ended up adding about twice as much soap as we started with.
Little M was happy to jump right in.  I used blue, yellow, and red so that she could mix the colors.  Notice the lids?  I don’t usually use lids because she loves mixing colors so much.  I wanted her to keep them separate in the containers and mix on the boards for this one.
Once the boards were covered Little M moved on to painting some of the textured objects.
Foamy Soap Painting ended up being even cooler than I had expected. Â The added bonus? Â Clean up was breeze. Â I guess the soap made the paint “clean”.
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What a cool idea! I can’t wait to try this with my daughter. Thanks!
Love your site and this is such a fun idea. We love messy paint in my house. I run a Child Centered Linky called The Sunday SHowcase- and would love it if you shared some of your ideas with us! http://www.classifiedmom.com/2011/08/sunday-showcase-828-come-and-link-up.html
Awesome activity. My kids love shaving cream painting, we have never tried soam foam painting before !