Some kids dread taking a bath and others love it. When you add in these cute bathtub art items every kid will love to take a bath. Let them get creative and make some art. Then it just washes away with a wash cloth.
BATHTUB CRAYONS
Materials:
1 cup grated Ivory soap or any mild soap or you can use a glycerin soap. (Note: Do not use Ivory soap detergent flakes. When applied directly to the skin they can be very irritating)
1-cup warm water
Food coloring
Plastic cookie cutters in fun shapes and characters
Instructions:
Combine water, soap and food coloring in a medium size bowl.
Stir the mixture until it begins to stiffen.
Remove from the bowl and knead with your hands until it reaches the consistency of thick dough.
You may need to adjust the amount of water or soap to get this consistency.
Spoon mixture into cookie cutters or you can have your children mold their own shapes.
Put shapes in freezer for ten minutes.
For those that are in cookie cutters, pop them out of the cookie cutters and allow to dry overnight or until hard.
Make several batches of different colors.
Kids can draw on the bathroom tiles or on each other. Bath Crayons are a fun way for kids to get clean!
BATH TIME PAINTS
Materials:
Mild liquid soap or baby shampoo
Cornstarch
Food coloring
Squirt bottles or other plastic containers
Instructions:
Pour 1/3 cup liquid soap into a squirt bottle
Add 1 to 2 tablespoons cornstarch and several drops of food coloring.
Shake well until mixture is dissolved.
Make several bottles of different colors.
You can mix colors into cups and save them for days.
Now you can send your little artists for a bath so they can have fun and make some art and memories of they can call their own.