Bubble foam is extremely easy to make and clean up is a breeze. It is the prefect “how are we going to make it through today!?” type of toddler activity. The best part, it uses things you probably already have at your house.
What you will need:
- Tear free soap
- Water
- Hand mixer
- Toys
- Measure Cup
- Food coloring (optional)
Directions:
Grab a little helper and let’s get to making foam! The ratio I use is 2:1, two parts soap to one part water. To make the batch pictured I used 1 cup of tear free soap and ½ cup of water. We added blue food coloring, but this is completely optional. Once we got everything in the bin, we used the hand mixer to whip everything up. We mixed until we had stiff white peaks, you will know when its ready!
We started inside, since we had to use the mixer, but as he got into playing we quickly moved outdoors!
With the warm weather coming we spend most of our day outside. So, sensory bins that we can do outside are always a win. This soapy foam sensory bin was the activity that kept on giving.
What I had thought would be a look and find for hidden cars, turned into foam handprints, race tracks and then a car wash. To say this activity lasted longer then I thought it was is an understatement, and not in a bad way!
When you are ready to clean up, just spray everything down with a hose! Easy to create and easy to clean up!
Hope you enjoy this fun and easy sensory activity!
XO Kate
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