Check out the following recipe for an activity that can count as science AND art! This is simple enough to do with your younger siblings and as a whole family!
You will need:
3+ cups of shaving cream (foam not gel)
1 cup flour
1 cup white glue, such as Elmer’s
Food coloring or paint
Ziploc-style sandwich bags
Sturdy paper or board (poster board, tag board, cardboard, watercolor paper, or paper plates)
1. Measure out all the ingredients, except for any coloring, into a large mixing bowl.
2. Mix the shaving cream, flour and glue together without over mixing. (You want to keep the air bubbles in the shaving cream.)
3. Divide the white puffy paint mixture between 3 to 4 small bowls and add a few squirts of food coloring or paint to each bowl, stirring in, but again being careful not to over mix.
4. Spoon the puffy paint into sandwich bags.Seal each bag (add duct tape as well to help keep it closed if your kids are extra vigorous squeezers), then cut a small corner off.
5. Squeeze the foam paint through the small hole onto your paper or board, making puffy lines, dots, and designs as desired.
6. Let dry overnight.You’ll notice the foam paint gets even puffier over time then sets, but is still puffy to the touch even after it dries.
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