Fun with Shaving Cream

Today, after we made pizzas for lunch, I wiped down the counter with a wet rag. Both kids then began to “write” on the slick surface with their fingers. I remembered that my mom told me that at the end of the school year, she used to have her 1st graders wash the tops of their desks off with shaving cream. She would pile some old-fashioned white shaving foam on each desk, smooth it out, and tell the kids to practice their letters and numbers by writing in the foam with their fingers. When they were done, she wiped off the foam and the desks were spotless, all the pencil marks and scuffs were gone.

I had some shaving cream handy, in our art cabinet (did I ever tell you how to make your own 3-D puffy paint with shaving cream, tempera paint and Elmers glue?), so we tried it on the kitchen counter. It worked pretty well, except that our counter tops are white as well and it did not show up as well as we hoped. But the kids definitely thought it was fun.

Ironically, although the texture and tactile experience was great for Pookie, it might not have been the ideal game for an ASD-child who does some “flipping” when he is excited. (flipping= waving hands back and forth in the air, quickly). I did have to wipe some foam off the curtains. But it cleaned up OK and now our kitchen has a delightful menthol smell.

More importantly, the kids had fun.

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