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Shaving Cream Easter Egg Painting

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Easter is a wonderful time for families to come together and celebrate. One of the most exciting traditions during this holiday is decorating Easter eggs.

However, traditional egg dyeing can be messy and time-consuming, and it often involves using harsh chemicals. If you’re looking for a fun and hands-on way to decorate Easter eggs with your kids, then you’re in luck! In this Easter kid’s craft tutorial, we will be showing you how to make Shaving cream Easter eggs.

This is a fun and creative alternative to traditional egg dyeing that is safe, easy, and inexpensive. With just a few simple ingredients, you can create beautiful and unique Easter eggs that your kids will love. Plus, it’s a great way to spend quality time with your family and create lasting memories. So get ready to roll up your sleeves, get a little messy, and have some fun making Shaving cream Easter eggs!

Supplies:

Instructions:

Hard boil 12 eggs.  Allow to cool.

Soak the eggs in a bowl of vinegar for at least 10 minutes.  

In a large container thaw out whipped topping, smoothing it until it is even.

Using gel food coloring, mix and swirl the coloring.  You can do solid colors or mix to swirl several colors.



NOTE: It is important to use gel food coloring!  Traditional food coloring will not be as dark or easily seen.  

Place your egg in the whipped topping.

Spoon over to fully cover the egg.  Leave it there for 15 minutes.

In a small bowl, fill it with water.  Gently dunk the egg in water and swish it around.  Do not rub the excess whipped cream off or run it under the tap as that will wash away the coloring.  

Allow to dry.  

Have you read?

Printable Letter Books for Preschoolers

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more. 

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs. 

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition. 

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter. 

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters. 

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again. 

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like. 

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there. 

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]