Welcome to Winter Week on Bath Activities for Kids!
We have lots of fun things in store this week starting with a fun
Melting Snowman Bath!
Aren't they adorable?
We have lots of fun things in store this week starting with a fun
Melting Snowman Bath!
Rosie has been getting very impatient as we wait for snowfall so we have been coming up with other ways to play "in the snow" For this bath I used shaving cream as our faux snow. As I filled the bath I added a few drops of neon blue food coloring to make the bath water wintry blue. Food coloring does not stain the bath or skin when used in this way. Then I added iridescent snow flakes like these to the water. We use a mesh bath strainer when adding things like this to the bath. They have them at The Dollar Tree.
I also tossed in imitation snowflakes purchased from The Dollar Tree. Then I made shaving cream peaks on top of the waters surface and embellished them with facial features to create melting snowmen. To make the facial features I used craft foam scraps we had left over from our Build a Frosty.
Once the water was ready I quickly covered the walls with the foam snowflake shapes we used for our Frosty the Snowman bath and whipped up a batch of Winter Ice Paint.
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To make Sparkly Winter Ice Paint you will need:
~ Shaving cream
~ Blue food coloring
~ Fine shaved ice chips- I made these using my blender but you could also crush ice in a plastic bag
~ Iridescent snow- to add a little more sparkle
Mix the shaving cream with a couple drops of blue food coloring in a bowl. Top the paint off with icy chips and snow. You can also add wintry scents like peppermint or even eucalyptus if your child has a cold. I skipped adding scent this time but normally we do just like we did for our scented candy cane paint.
This was what the bath looked like when the girls walked in
This bath was filled with wonderful sensory exploration!
As the girls played and explored with the shaving cream snowmen they melted into the water more and more
As the shaving cream and water mixed, many new textures were created! They loved exploring them all!
They also loved the bath paint! Rosie especially loved the feeling of the ice and shaving cream together!
This bath was lots of fun for the girls and lended itself to lots of sensory exploration! Once bath time was over all the mess washed right down the drain too, always a bonus! All I had to do was give the girls a quick bath to get rinsed clean and it was off to bed.
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