It’s an easy process that also serves as an early introduction to STEM in a low-pressure setting. Children get to watch as simple household ingredients transform before their eyes. Step 1: Select your container Select a container large enough to hold the bubble foam mixture. Step 2: Mix your fluffy soap foam! Foam printing: Let your toddler create a picture using the foam, then take another piece of paper and teach them to press it over their foam art work to transfer the image.

Blow bubbles: give them a straw, a bubble wand, and even a little horn and have them blow bubbles into the fluffy foam mixture to see what happens. Can they make even more bubbles from it?! Do the different materials create different types of bubbles?If you find there's too much water at the base of your bowl, just add more soap or tear free bubble bath. Exploring Their Senses: Bubble foam is an immersive activity. Get kids thinking about their senses by asking them how the bubbles feel, what they sound like when they squish them between their fingers, and whether the bubbles feel warm or cold. I personally find you get a richer colored foam if you add food coloring AFTER you've made the bubble foam, instead of before. The best bubble foam recipe follows a two to one ratio. That's two parts water to one part bubble bath.

You can also teach your child to follow directions and learn body parts in a silly foamy game of Simon Says! In conclusion Start by thinking about how much foam you're foam to want to make and where you'll give it to your kids for sensory play.

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Playing with bubbles helps to strengthen the muscles in their mouth and jaw for speech development, while also building mindfulness and a focus on deep breathing. You can also engage children in a fun gross motor activity of big silly movements as they chase the foam bubbles around the yard.While we love using traditional bubble wands, we can’t get enough of our bubble sensory play for toddlers and turning traditional bubbles into foam is a whole new way to do it! Color Theory: If you made more than one color, have your child identify them and ask them to place scientist and see what happens when they mix two primary colors together. If you make this bubble foam, I'd love to see how it turns out and what play foam ideas you come up with! Tag me on IG @theconfusedmillennial! RELATED READS

Bubble Foam Art: Using liquid watercolors and cookie cutters, have your toddler “paint” inside the cookie cutter with different water color paint into a base of white bubble foam to practice writing, numbers, or just for some fun holiday sensory play! My children particularly enjoy painting with shaving foam on sliding glass doors as they are such an ample space to paint on. Having a large area to paint on is also helps prepare children to write. Making large marks and shapes will help develop strength and motor skills. It’s also easy to clean up with some spray bottles filled with water or a hose and a squeegee. Bath time Fun time: For the ultimate easy cleanup, why not let them play with colorful bubble foam in the bath? If you find your play foam isn't colorful enough, try remixing the bubble foam before adding more color. The color tends to sink to the bottom of the fluffy foam. Foam Activities For Toddlers + Sensory Play Ideas: When setting up our sensory play activities, I am forever conscious of keeping the substances taste safe, or better yet, edible. Miss 2 is still mouthing everything and will take any opportunity to put things into her mouth (except for her dinner – feeding her as baby was sooo much easier!).

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Soam foam is a great way to reinvent bubbles for toddlers! I hope this bubble foam recipe provides SO much fun and gives you even more sensory play ideas! Kids can even learn what makes soap foam then make their own using just two ingredients with this simple soap foam recipe! Which is a fun activity in itself! Put your desired amount of water and bubble bowl into the bowl. With a whisk or mixer, whip the ingredients together for about a minute, until you have a nice fluffy foam. Play Make Believe: Give them a few animal figurines or dolls to play in the foam. You can even tell them a story that you act out with the figurines in the foam if they don't seem interested right away. Bubble foam play is a great time to get little ones talking. Not only does this help to build their vocabulary, but it also helps them to learn how to express themselves. And for parents and caretakers, it gives you a chance to engage with your child and better understand how they think and see the world around them. Here are a few questions to help get you started: Making your own play foam is one of those fun activities that you can get your littles involved with from start to finish.