It originally started out as just putting foam snowflakes on the wall, and coloring the water blue. I added a pile of shaving cream in the water, to allow the boys to paint themselves or the walls, and realized it looked like a melting snowball. And there it began.
We have also had a horrid cold/flu thing going through our house, leading to the boys only getting stuffy noses. What else reminds us more of winter than the smell of peppermint? Well, maybe quite a few more things. However, to combat the stuffy noses, I added about 3 drops of peppermint oil to the bath, just to give them that sense of being able to breathe correctly.
What it looked like was this:
Then the boys came bounding in, and loved the idea of melting snowballs. However, after I became victim to the start of a snowball fight, I had to remind them that these snowballs can sting eyes, and should not be thrown.
They loved watching the snowballs melt. And playing in the melting snowballs. And wearing the melting snowballs. Then they figured out the foam snowflakes could float, and had fun with that for awhile. Then Pierce had a question: What would happen if we added ice to the bath? Would it float too?
They discovered that yes, ice floats in water, and melts rather quickly in the bath. But they also learned that ice cools down a bath too. And they loved the sound of the ice cracking in the bath water.
About a half hour into the bath, I had to encourage the boys to go crazy and have fun with the texture of the shaving cream. Then the art time began.
Overall, they were in the bath for close to an hour, and had a blast. I love that they are learning through play, and exploring with all of their senses. After all, childhood is all about learning and exploring, right?
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