I kind of wanted to make this 'more exciting' than just shaving foam in a tray. It just didn't sound too interesting and I even tweeted for ideas to include.
But what do I know? I'm not a 1 year old who has never touched this weird fluffy white stuff before... Then it IS exciting!
I'm so glad I did just go with the basics for this activity. I did it with an 11 month old, 15 month old and 2.5 year old and they all absolutely loved it.
The younger two were just simply amazed at it's feel between there fingers and giggled every time the squidged it in their fists.
Poking it, Patting it, Smearing it, squelching it. All doing an amazing job on developing fine motor skills!
The 2 year old loved being a 'big girl' and being able to squirt her own shaving foam out as she wanted.
I also gave her some pots and cups to incorporate her love of role play into this activity. It quickly became a cafe set up and she was asking for sprinkles to go on her hot chocolate with whipped cream.
I gave her cocoa powder and she was in her element making all sorts of concoctions, mixing away like a busy little bee.
The shaving foam goes a long way, and for supermarket basics range of sensitive skin variety it is literally around 30 pence. So a fun activity for all ages, one which helps fine motor skills which even in the older ones of 2 and 3 is still developing and greatly important for learning new skills like tying shoes laces etc, and cheap! Win, Win.
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