Shaving cream sculpting

The kids are suffering from hay fever and my house is suffering from rowdy kids. I needed something exciting for them to do to help get the Wiggles out so I could get some cleaning done in the classroom.

Not only this but I'm pretty much exhausted after the holidays and the mountains of chores that were put on hold and now are threatening to swallow my whole existence.

So I did what only a crazed, desperate mother would do; I got out the shaving cream.

I purchased these pie tins at the Dollar Tree this last weekend just for an activity like this. I plopped 6 drops of shaving cream and one drop of acrylic paint in each plop.

Please note that tempera paint would be better but I didn't want to get it out, and this was within arm's reach.

I instructed the kids to use paint brushes to play with their shaving cream, warned them not to use their hands, and once they seemed satisfied with that I instructed them to sculpt. 

The younger two gave up and enjoyed cleaning up their trays and brushes in the sink but my oldest figured out how to make a face on one of his paint brushes.

Pretty cool right!? I was impressed. Lol.

We have done enough shaving cream activities in the past that the kids are used to the rules and so they didn't make too much mess. Only my youngest smeared a little on the table but stopped after I asked her to stop a few times.

Shaving cream has been one of those things that it has taken a few times of them being banned from the activity for misbehavior for them to respect the rules. 🤐

Also at this point my kids have learned how to wash out their supplies in the bathroom sink with minimal supervision. Thank goodness because this was one of the most stressful parts of cleaning up for me.