Art Activities for kids : Floating Art

Art that floats! Easy to create simple art activities for kids are the best and this one fits the bill.

Materials

Shaving Cream
Water in a container
Liquid Watercolors
Pipettes

Fill up a (preferably) a shallow container with water. Set out a can of shaving cream. Then start creating with the shaving cream.

Given that my 3.5 year old was the one who was very interested in this art project our creations mostly resulted in squiggly lines and gorgeous white lumps. But you go ahead and create anything beautiful with a can of shaving cream.

We also noticed that Barbasol brand gave us clear, consistent lines if you are keen on making patterns. The following images is from a can of Dollar Store shaving cream which gave us fluffy lumps. Both are fantastic in their own ways. A quick science lesson can also be incorporated. { Look at the shaving cream floating on water!}

The shaving cream art floats on the water for a long time unless it is disturbed. Then color those gorgeous fluff with liquid water colors dispensed from pipettes. Doesn’t it look beautiful? You can save the art and start a new one on another bowl of water or you can do what we did.

Let the kid go to town with mixing the art by swirling and mixing.

Well we can’t stop with just one color now can we? So we extended the art activity by starting a new bowl of water and created shaving cream art that floated for a long time!