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please try this at home

You will make a mess. You will have fun. I've been reading a lot lately about tactile art and how important it is for toddlers, so last week at the grocery store I picked up a can of Barbasol for some beard-busting afternoon fun.

We started out in a bowl and on the floor, but Lucy quickly took it to another level on her legs, her arms, between her toes, then eventually in her hair. Then, of course, I jumped in to help craft the mohawk. 

A couple of thoughts:
1. Buy the cheap really foamy shaving cream, and don't ration it.
2. Consider doing this naked, or in the bathtub to streamline cleanup. (Our cleanup really wasn't that bad either, though we definitely ended up slipping and sliding to the shower.)
3. You can also add paint to the mix, but I thought we were having plenty of fun without it. Maybe next time.

Thanks to The Artful Parent for one of many awesome ideas for sensory toddler art.

And thanks, Barbasol!

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"No! I want to sleep all day and night!"

       -Lucy, on why she doesn't want to take a bike ride to the grocery store right now

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