Frugal Parenting: Shaving Cream Sensory Bins = Tons of outdoor fun

Screen shot 2012-05-23 at 11.30.47 AM.pngChristie Dedman/News Staff

This weekend I let the kids enjoy their own bin filled with shaving cream.

It was so much fun.

I filled three bins with various small plastic toys and covered the bin with shaving cream.

Each can was a $1 at Dollar Tree.  One can filled each bin.  You could stretch it to get more use from the can.

The kids ended up bathing in it, covering their entire body -- watch the eyes and mouth.

It was so funny and they loved every second.

How did I clean them up?

I used a drop cloth and put our sprinkler on it and let them wash off while slipping around.

The drop cloth was also a $1 at the Dollar Tree.

My out of pocket expense -- $4 (not counting how much water I used while they played in the sprinkler)

Before they bathed in the shaving cream --

(used an iPhone for this picture)

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Screen shot 2012-05-23 at 11.34.14 AM.pngChrisitie Dedman/News Staff

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