Using Bath Time as Creative Play

Published by Jake Depew, Assistant Editor on May 18, 2014.
Published under The Growing Years

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Bath time is an excellent opportunity for creative play. And… oh what fun!

Rainbow Bath Paint

You need: foaming shaving cream, food coloring, a container (a silicone muffin pan works great), and paint brushes.

Directions:

  • Squirt foaming shaving cream in each of the 6 compartments of the muffin tin.
  • Add food color to each one to make rainbow colors and mix well.
  • Paint rainbows on the tub wall.

Glow paint

You need: foaming shaving cream, glow in the dark or fluorescent paint, a container (a silicone muffin pan works great), and paint brushes.

Directions

  • Squirt foaming shaving cream in each of the 6 compartments of the muffin tin.
  • Add a drop of paint and mix well.
  • If you use glow in the dark paint, you will need to charge the paint by a light source before turning out the lights.  If you use fluorescent paint you will need a black light.
  • Paint on the tub wall.

Kool-Aid Paint (Skittle Scented Rainbow Bath Paint)

You need: foaming shaving cream, 6 packets of different flavored Kool-Aid (Orange, grape, cherry, lime, strawberry, and lemon), a container (a silicone muffin pan works great), and paint brushes.

Directions:

  • Squirt foaming shaving cream in each of the 6 compartments of the muffin tin.
  • Add part of a packet of Kool-Aid (Orange, grape, cherry, lime, strawberry, and lemon) and mix well. Too much Kool-Aid will make the shaving cream lose its fluff. You may add a bit of extra color for more vibrant colors.
  • Mix each color paint separately, combining the corresponding Kool-Aid flavor with shaving cream and the appropriate food color in a bowl.  
  • Paint on the tub wall and smell the whole rainbow.

Puffy Paint

You need: 1 cup of finely grated soap flakes, about 3/4 C of hot water, liquid watercolors, Ziploc bags, squeeze bottle, a cake frosting tip and a container (a silicone muffin pan works great).

Directions:

  • Grate the soap into fine flakes.
  • Put the frosting tip in the Ziploc bag.
  • Slowly add the hot water to the soap flakes, using your blender, food processor or mixer. The 3/4 C of water is a suggestion, stop once you’ve got a thick but squishy texture. Slowly add the water or you will wind up with only bubbles.
  • Use a cake frosting tip Ziploc bag, and a squeeze bottle, to create 3D art in the tub.
  • Once the paint is emptied from the bags, finger painting is always an option, getting the squishy texture between fingers.