Puffy Paintings

This activity is sensory rich and process oriented.

You will need:
Watercolor tubes
Shaving cream
White school glue
Cardboard
Paintbrush
Popsicle sticks, or any object which will "draw" through the puffy paint.

First we added a couple pea sized squirts of paint from our watercolor tubes to the glue.

Then we added- roughly, an equal amount of shaving cream.

Cut a piece of cardboard- which will be your art surface.

Paper won't hold up with this art medium.

Apply your paint by hand or with a paintbrush.

Use popsicle sticks, forks, etc. to draw your design.

Give your project a few days to dry- laying it flat.

 Our second attempt look a little bit more work.

 Yikes! We needed a larger container......

No problem...we moved it to a bowl.

Oh no, our paint was runny.....

No problem...we added more shaving cream to the surface and mixed on the cardboard surface.

Ahh- and even dried, they have the invigorating smell of shaving cream!