Most children love messy play as it stimulates their senses and allows them the freedom to explore and play.
Today’s challenge is fabulous for bath time but you can also use any of the recipes to let your child paint on glass doors, windows, tiles or a large plastic tray.
It washes off easily with hot soapy water.
I’ve included 3 recipes to make bath paints. I use the first one as I find it has a better consistency and can be made a few hours before and stored in the fridge.
RECIPES
1.Shaving cream bath paint
To make the shaving cream bath paints you will need:
🎨 A container to mix paints into ( cake baking tins work best, but you can use anything non breakable)
🎨 Shaving cream
🎨 food colouring
🎨 paint brush
To mix your paints together spray a generous amount of shaving cream into each container, add one or two drops of food colouring and mix well.
Note: The food colouring does not stain your child or the bath because it’s used in such small drops.
2. Yoghurt bath paint
This is a great paint to use with little children whom you think may try eat the paint.
The consistancy is a lot more runny, you could add some corn flour to thicken it if you feel it is too runny.
To make the yoghurt bath paints you will need:
🎨 A container to mix paints in. (I like to use a 6 pack yoghurt and use the little pots themselves as my paint pots.)
🎨 Yoghurt
🎨 food colouring
🎨 paint brush
To mix your paint, divide your yoghurt into little containers and add one or two drops of food colouring to your yoghurt.
The colours will be more pastel looking.
3. Bath tub finger paint.
This is a nice alternative to the shaving cream paint but also more runny and better for sensitive skin, as you can use your favourite baby wash or shampoo.
To make the bath finger paint you will need:
🎨 a container to mix your paint
🎨 About 4 to 6 tablespoons of your favourite baby wash or shampoo for each colour.
🎨 food colouring
🎨 1 teaspoon of corn flour per colour
🎨 paintbrush
To make your paint into each container add 4 to 6 tablespoons of your baby wash or shampoo.
Add a drop of food colouring per container.
Mix into each colour, a teaspoon of corn flour.
Mixing colours
Here’s a handy chart to mix your colours.
Happy bubbles mammas ❤
