Foam Play Dough!

If you were not able to make it to our craft session today, we made foam play dough - so many colors! If you have one child, you don't need to use a whole box of  corn starch unless you want to fill a dish pan or tote full of colored corn starch and shaving cream.

My measurements are as follows:

• 1/4 cup (2 ounces) of corn starch
• About 7 drops of food coloring
• 2 1/2 cups of shaving cream

Combine ingredients in a bowl with tall sides or a big measuring cup that measures up to 2 or 2 1/2 cups. Stir them together with a jumbo popsicle stick until the shaving cream absorbs the corn starch; it should form a foam-like dough that holds its shape.

Here is the link with detailed instructions: http://www.mykitchenescapades.com/2013/07/foam-dough.html.

Rainy Day Foam Dough!

Who wants to make and play with foam dough?!

Here is the link with photographic instructions: http://earlylearning.momtrusted.com/2013/05/foam-dough-shaving-cream-corn-starch/. There are no exact measurements listed, but it looks like they used a cup of cornstarch with a cup of shaving cream (don't quote me on that though).

I will probably be trying this later myself and let you know how it goes!

Enjoy!

September 4:

So here is my version of the foam dough, I discovered that it is the shaving cream that you need more of because it basically acts as a binder!

Measurements are as follows:
1/2 cup of corn starch
Roughly 1.5 cups of Barbasol
Several squirts of food coloring (optional)
1 large Popsicle stick or spoon to stir

Take 1 large measuring cup (they make great mixing bowls for small tasks) and measure out 1/2 cup of cornstarch. Then add Barbasol until it is just below the 2 cup line at the top. Spritz several drops of food coloring on top and then stir it until the mixture is blended. It is ready for play when it looks like moon sand, but feels like foam!

Good luck!