I decided to start looking at things that I had "pinned" for the kids to do while stuck inside since were really close to that time of year. I came across homemade bath tub paints and since the high yesterday was around 30 degrees I thought this could not only be fun but a way for the kids to warm up. All you need is children's shampoo or body wash, corn starch, food coloring and something to put it in.
I used about a cup of baby shampoo (tip make sure your baby shampoo/body wash doesn't say Q-15 or sometimes listed as Quaternium 15 as it releases formaldehyde or one of the chemicals they put in us when we die) I added about 2 Tablespoons to the shampoo, this is just a guess as I didn't measure just went by how thick I wanted it to be.
I put the mixture in ice cube tray and then added the food coloring to make the colors I wanted...I also did 2 of the same colors so each kid had their own.
I wish I would have had my camera when i pulled out the paints and told my oldest what we were going to do. His face was priceless!!! This is them starting to draw their masterpiece.
What my bathtub looked like after they had drawn for a while...Don't worry it comes right off and didn't stain my tub either.
They thought it would be fun to draw on each other as well. LOL they had a BLAST. I think this will become a much asked for thing in my house.
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