How to Make a Shaving Cream Zen Garden

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Step 1: As a Montessori toddler teacher, I've had the great opportunity to try out activities that I have found in books from working at the library and have to say that working with shaving cream is my favorite so far:

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[CreativeGeek]

Man, they would have us smear shaving cream around when I was little, I had a blast. :)

[codongolev]

in first grade, we would put shaving cream on the desk, smear it around, and spell spelling words in it. It was fun, we learned, and the custodian got a day off.

[Nicola Tesla]

we did that too!!!

[aliencam]

We did the same in my school. Just to clean the desks though, I don't remember any actual learning going on. But maybe we did something, and I only remember the fun part!

[CreativeGeek]

Lol, I wanna try that again someday all of a sudden.

[codongolev]

yeah. they did that in freshman seminar in my school (because apparently freshmen are still 6 and need to learn about character and stuff) and it left the desks all nasty.

[Doctor What]

Cool idea. I'll try this with my little sister!

[The Handmade Project]

Just make sure to join in!

[Alyakpink]

My dad has an ipod touch, and he has the zen garden app, were your finger is the rake. It's REALLY fun!!

[The Handmade Project]

:) !!!!!!!!!!!

[Lithium Rain]

What a brilliant idea. For little kids and myself!

[The Handmade Project]

Thanks, and I'll be over for apples!

[duck-lemon]

Me have apples too ? ...pwease?

[Lithium Rain]

Lol!

[PKM]

If you want to go completely zen-garden, find one of those tiny plastic toy rakes, or even a coarse-tooth comb or a hairbrush :) Ah, Montessori- best school in the history of ever.

[The Handmade Project]

Now, that would be great!