Valentine Bath

We've had valentine fever around here so I thought I'd create a fun bath experience for the kids that encouraged creativity. These activities would also be a lot of fun in a large water table.

We used large and small foam hearts, bath time crayons (made out of soap), and valentine's paint (shaving cream coloured with red food colouring and sprinkled with sparkles and mini foil cut outs).

I added lots of bubbles and coloured the water in the tub red with a bit of food colouring. The foam hearts floated on the top of the water and looked so pretty!

The wet foam pieces stuck to the sides of the tub and wall and the kids were able to create pictures and also paint on top of them. The paint also acted as a glue and could also be used to stick pieces together.

The paint was so pretty and lots of fun to use. It was great with brushes or as a finger paint!

Scent-sational Colour Spray!

We made a super easy colour spray to use in the tub and outside on the snow using kool-aid and water. In addition to being very vibrant in colour, it smells delicious! 

We used clear spray bottles and an assortment of kool-aid.

We poured two packages of the same colour of kool-aid into the bottle using a funnel.

We added water and shook very carefully.

These spray bottles are so easy for little hands to use and a very fun way to add a little creativity into the bath tub. I would recommend spot testing them before use to make sure they don't stain your tub.

We made a lot of bubbles in the tub and used the spray bottles to colour them.

As the colours combined they created a beautiful tie dye effect!

This activity would also be fun to do in a large water table in the classroom!

We had left over water from the bath so the next day we used it to colour some fresh snow that had fallen overnight.

What a fun way to strengthen children's fine motor muscles and encourage creativity! The wonderful smell of the solution kept my children motivated for a long time!