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Painting with Shaving Cream: Frugal Crafting

16 February 2010 4 Comments

This is my preschoolers favorite way to paint! Basically, it is what it sounds like; shaving cream mixed with paint. We usually mix the shaving cream with tempera paint as it has the smoothest consistency and is the cheapest! We have three tubs of primary colored paint: red, blue and yellow that we mix to get a whole host of colors. When mixed with the cream, the colors look more neon and bright.
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Perks of using shaving cream paint:

You can adapt the consistency making your paint good for either precision painting with a brush or finger painting
It makes the paint go farther and hence you get more bang for your buck
Nearly impossible to spill! You can hold the container of paint upside-down and the shaving cream will cause it to stick to the sides of the container. You won’t spill a drop!
Diluting the paint makes the colors more brilliant, almost neon, AND they are easier to clean/wipe up
Your kids and artwork will smell good!

4 Comments »

Lee said:

what a great idea! thanks!

# 16 February 2010 at 3:30 pm

Mom2my9 said:

This is an awesome idea! I am going to go get some tempura paint this week and try it! Thanks, Quirky Momma!

# 16 February 2010 at 11:18 pm

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# 30 March 2010 at 6:54 pm

Jenn said:

Hi,

Just came across your blog & am loving it. I have a MckLinky party called Tot Tuesdays. I’d love it if you’d stop by & share some of your great ideas for tots:

http://delicious-ambiguity-nennyk.blogspot.com/2010/04/tot-tuesdays-4.html

Cheers!

# 7 April 2010 at 6:34 am