DIY Foam Paint
3 Ingredient DIY Foam Paint – It’s that time of year again. The kids are officially out of school and on summer holidays. Unfortunately our kids were off school 2 weeks early due to a teacher’s strike so I had to be proactive in creating some new summer activities early. I had a couple of Noelle’s friends over the other day and we were looking for something to do so I decided foam painting may be fun – we’ve never tried that before. I looked up some recipes online and found that I had all the ingredients I need to create this fun concoction.
Making foam paint is as easy as it gets. You’ve got your shaving cream, your craft/school glue and your food coloring – that’s it!
Mix equal parts shaving cream and glue into a ziplock bag, add your desired food coloring and then, with the bag sealed, squish the bag together until all your ingredients are nicely mixed together. Have your little artists create a layout for their design on a semi-rigid material (I used large white cardboard envelopes) and when they’re ready for the foam simply cut off a corner at the bottom of the bag and use like you’re piping icing. Once the art has been completed, set aside so the foam can dry and solidify overnight.
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3 ingredient DIY Foam Paint
Charles Turnbaugh
July 9, 2014 at 10:10 AM (5 years ago)First of all, thank you for all of the creative projects. Your ideas, among others, kept my hands busy throughout this past winter. But I feel compelled to make comment about how so many of your good
ideas come as a result of keeping the kids interested and busy.
Jamey
January 19, 2016 at 12:04 PM (3 years ago)Thanks so much Charles, how sweet of you to give such lovely comment. Compliments are always valued and appreciated.
~ Jamey
Gail Lemon
July 12, 2014 at 10:43 AM (5 years ago)Great activity for failed summer camp.
Danielle
July 19, 2014 at 2:15 AM (5 years ago)Lovely, so easy! Thanks for sharing 😀
Iraida Santos
July 29, 2014 at 8:46 AM (5 years ago)love crafts and also recipes, lots of ideals for kids
Lyndsy
August 8, 2014 at 6:36 AM (5 years ago)How do you determine equal parts glue and shaving cream? Weight? The amount that fits in a cup?
Does it stay poofy when it dries?
Jamey
March 11, 2015 at 8:43 AM (4 years ago)Hi Lyndsy. Great question. I used volume for mine and it still worked although weight probably makes for sense logically. Yes, it stays poofy when it dries and smells just like shaving cream.
~ Jamey
brandi
August 8, 2014 at 8:55 PM (5 years ago)This is cool! Please add me to your mailing list. Thx
Jamey
March 11, 2015 at 8:41 AM (4 years ago)Brandi… I just added you. Thanks.
~ Jamey
happy hunter
November 2, 2014 at 10:49 PM (5 years ago)It’s a nice DIY … thank you
Rachelle
January 18, 2015 at 1:53 AM (4 years ago)Looooove! Thanks. How sticky/messy is this on little hands and clothes?
Dominika
January 26, 2015 at 1:00 AM (4 years ago)Wow it’s great idea for the kids. Thanks for an inspiration:D regards
Karen Hannah
February 20, 2015 at 12:54 PM (4 years ago)Jamey this looks like great fun, I stumbled across it on Pinterest (I think? You know what it’s like when you click on a hundred things!) Thanks for the inspiration!
pushpa
June 4, 2015 at 1:37 AM (4 years ago)wow…thank you for sharing…simple and ceative…
Amanda Hutzel
August 4, 2016 at 10:32 AM (3 years ago)Love making little things for .y kids
meatra
November 9, 2017 at 6:33 PM (2 years ago)is it messy?
Lee
May 25, 2018 at 4:19 PM (1 year ago)Could this be used for gnome houses? Roof would be 3 inches all around? Or should we think of something else? Does is shrivel up while drying??
Layla
June 23, 2018 at 2:18 AM (1 year ago)OMG THIS IS SO GOOD!,great idea for kids…………Thx
Laura
September 18, 2018 at 9:08 AM (10 months ago)Can paint be used in place of food colouring
TIA
Aabama
February 21, 2019 at 9:56 AM (5 months ago)Looks like so much fun! 🙂
Lyuda
March 27, 2019 at 7:51 AM (4 months ago)Do you use just good ole fashioned Elmer’s white glue?
Anonymous
May 8, 2019 at 8:34 AM (2 months ago)what materials are needed