Our poor IKEA art trays were in need of a major cleaning. They were covered with paint, glue, glitter, markers and most any other art medium you can think of. I have the cleaning bug, which does not visit our house often so I am taking full advantage of it! You are going to love this simple Cleaning with Shaving Cream trick.
A while ago, my sister-in-law taught me this simple trick. Shaving cream is a fun medium to play with. It is a great sensory medium, plus it has the added bonus of cleaning power. Love that!
The kiddos had fun smearing, building towers and drawing pictures. I thought about making some cute marbled artwork, but we will save that for another day since the main goal today was to clean.
We used a can of shaving cream that has been in the back of our cupboard for a long time. However, if I was purchasing a new can I would buy a sent free variety. The smell can be quiet strong. Annika asked me if it was OK that she smelled like Grandpa Bruce. So funny!
The kids enjoyed playing numerous games of tic-tac-toe. The loved “erasing” each game.
Once they tired of drawing, I gave the kiddos some scrub brushes to get the last of the grime off the trays. It worked like a charm. With a simple rinse, the trays are now perfectly clean and ready for the next creative project.
Hmmmm…I wounder how many cans of shaving cream it would take to clean our shower;)
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I can remember using shaving cream to clean our tables when I was in kindergarten, and I was just thinking earlier that my kids will be using shaving cream tomorrow night to clean the bath crayons from tonight’s bath!
I love that idea! We will have to try that in the near future.
What a fantastic idea! i love it. that will be next on my shopping list! thanks for the scent free advice!
We did our floors (nothing with any special sealant) with shaving cream! The kids “ice skated” all around. When I get pictures uploaded, I will send them on. It was a blast!
That sounds like a blast! I would love to see pictures.
I tried every thing out there in the world to clean my bathroom shower floor. very expensive stuff from bleach to commercial chemicals. Believe it or not I finally found something that really works. I got so mad I used a whole can of my hubbys shaving cream, and my floor is white!!!
Shaving cream is also great to keep your bathroom mirrors defoggy! 🙂
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Awesome drawings! My kids are really exited when I give them having cream and they play with it.