Bath Paint

I love to mix up a batch of bath paint on a rainy day.  It's fun, easy, and the mess washes right down the drain with little to no effort.

The recipe I prefer is:
1/4 cup shampoo or body wash
1/4 cup corn starch
1-2 TBSP water

I mix that together and divide it between the six cups of my craft use only muffin pan.  Then I let Kate add about 3 drops of food coloring to each cup.

 Bath paint is so much fun, and it's an easy way to sneak in some learning.  I wrote letters, numbers, and shapes for Kate to trace over with her paint brush, and she never once thought it was anything other than fun.

When she was done painting, I let her dump all of the paint in the tub and I gave her a cloth to clean the walls.  She loved it.

Barbie's New Catamaran

I was searching Family Fun for an easy craft and came across this simple catamaran.  I had everything I needed on hand and the entire process took less than twenty minutes.  For someone with sharper scissors, it will probably be even quicker.  I have to buy sharper scissors.  Anyway, this is how I made it.

First, I peeled the labels off two one liter seltzer bottles.  Then, I taped them together with colored duct tape.
Next, I cut ovals out of the top of each bottle.  I cut them small at first and kept enlarging them until Barbie was easy to put inside.  The last step is to put duct tape around the cut edges so they aren't sharp.

R wanted to decorate the bottles.  She used window crayons because they are easy to use on plastic.

The crayon washes off in the tub, but she didn't care.  Plus, she can decorate it over and over again.  It's not very hard to clean off the tub either.

R was very excited to have a new bath toy and immediately climbed into the tub to play.

I'm sure this catamaran will also carry Spiderman and other superheroes as soon as C sees it.

I tried to tell Barbie that "less is more," but she must have misunderstood.  I was referring to her make up, not her clothing.