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Way back when my kids were babies, I loved Huggies wipes. They were always the thickest and softest wipes. Now that they’re all big kids, we still love Huggies wipes for easy clean up. I keep a package in the car all the time, and they help us clean up all kinds of messes like the many times my 6 year old gets herself stuck feet first in the mud at the local fishing pond. 
Today I have a super fun DIY your kids are going to love, and it’s easy clean up, especially with Huggies wipes. You probably have these ingredients around the house, and you can whip up a batch of DIY Sidewalk Foam Paint in no time.
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DIY Sidewalk Foam Paint
Supplies:
- Two 4 oz. bottles of WASHABLE school glue
- 1 cup white flour
- 4-5 cups plain white shaving foam
- food coloring drops
- 1 gallon plastic zipper bag
- sandwich-sized plastic zipper bags – 1 per food coloring
- scissors
- Optional: plastic squirt bottles (such as used for tie dyeing)
I like to put it in squirt bottles for sidewalk painting so it’s a little easier to control, but you can keep it in sandwich-sized zipper bags and still paint just fine. You can also put it in small cups or bowls so the kids can paint with it on paper, too.
1. In a gallon-size plastic zipper bag add 1 cup of flour.
2. Pour both bottles of washable school glue on top of the flour. Make sure it’s washable for easy clean up!
3. Spray about 4-5 cups of shaving foam into the bag. At first I attempted to measure it in a measuring cup, but it was ridiculous trying to get it out of the measuring cup. So, after the first cup, I just eyeballed it.
4. Close the bag and knead it for a few minutes until everything is totally mixed.
5. Snip one corner of the big bag and squirt into sandwich-sized plastic zipper bags to divide it up per color. I went with four neon food coloring bottles, so I divided it up into 4 smaller bags. One each of blue, purple, pink, and green.
6. Add 10 drops of one food coloring to each bag.
7. Knead each smaller bag until color is throughout all the bag.
8. Snip off the edge and squirt it into plastic squirt bottles. Or you can be frugal and just paint with the zipper bags. If you keep it in the bags, just snip off a tiny corner, so it doens’t come out too heavy.
We headed outside to play. I think my teenager had more fun than the younger kids.
She made a cupcake and let her little sister help put on the sprinkles.
They had so much fun. It got them away from the television and video games. We stayed outside for hours until it was too dark to see to paint. As an added bonus, it easily washes off the sidewalk or driveway with water.
When it was too dark to play outside, I put the last of the paint in some little bathroom-sized cups, and my 6 year old painted her heart out. She decided to move to finger painting after a little while, so when she was done it was all over her hands.
Huggies Simply Clean got her hands totally clean! She was so proud she was able to clean her hands up all by herself.
What kind of messes do your kids get into?
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54 comments
This is such a fun idea. The kids my daughter babysits would just love this.
What a super fun thing to do, I am not a kid nor do I have any and I would totally use this sidewalk foam paint just for fun. Loving the colors!
This is such a fun Summer activity for the kids. My daughters love playing outdoors and they love using chalk. I can’t wait to try this recipe this weekend!
My kids would love this paint although I can’t imagine what my driveway would look like once they were done. Great idea.
I love the cupcake! So creative! #client
What a fun/cute idea! I love the idea of this DIY Sidewalk Foam Paint. I would have had a ball with this as a kid.
This would really be fun for kids. This can really bring out their creative side.
LOVE this idea! What a great way to have unplugged fun and to get outside! I no longer have one in diapers, but I still keep baby wipes in the bathroom and in my van. They are perfect for cleanups on the go!
That is so cool! I can’t wait to try this too. I bet those wipes came in handy. We use those a lot too.
How fun is this! Perfect that it cleans up so easy too. I would have LOVED this when I was younger.
Great idea! Huggies wipes are so gentle on the skin. It is like the easiest way to get the dirt off hands.
Oh this is super cute and I will definitely do this with my daughter. She loves sidewalk chalk so I know she will enjoy this.
That looks like such a fun and creative activity. I love how it can be made with inexpensive household items. Sidewalk chalk is fun too, but this looks easy to clean up.
Wow!!!! This looks like so much fun!! I am going to make this for my kids this weekend. Heck, even I want to play with it.
Huggies wipes are something I always had in my cars. I love the idea of the DIY foam paint and will have to do this for the great nieces and nephews when they come over. Thanks for sharing the recipe and I love how easy the clean up is too.
What a fun idea I’m sure the little one had a blast awesome
This looks like so much fun! When I was younger, I loved playing with chalk, but this just takes it up a notch. Love it!
Wow, such a fun idea, I love it! I’ve seen sidewalk chalk diy before, but never foam paint! Great summer time activity! – Love, Anna
This looks like a fantastic idea! I have 2 boys that love sidewalk chalk, and I can’t wait to try this! I do have a question though. Does the food coloring not stain the sidewalk?
It did not stain our sidewalk, and we left it there for about 3 days before it finally rained it all away. But, I don’t use gel food coloring for this. I only use the food coloring drops. I know that gel food coloring is more vibrant, but I figured it would also stain.
I’m using your recipe with the grands next week and as we always have huggies wipes – those too will be used.
Oh how exciting! They’ll have a blast!
Maybe the kids can use it on the tub walls to make bath time fun
Is this something that dries out after a day or so?
My kids tend to use it up all at once, so I’m not sure how long it does last. But, when we’ve had leftovers in the ziplock bags, they lasted 2-3 days until they used it all up.
I made this and it was very thick. Hard to squeeze out if the bottle, Can I thin it down with water or something else?…
It is rather thick. I have found if you cut the bottle tips down it makes it easier to squirt out.
Would the paint stick to the sidewalk or blow away?
It sticks. We used cups of water to wash some of it away. The rest we left for several days before a rainstorm finally washed it away.
Would the paint stick to the sidewalk or could it blow away?
I’m blessed to have a job that gives me the summers off, but it’s an amazing, yet tough, transition from being at work every day to finding activities to stimulate and occupy my almost 2 year old for the summer. This looks so fun to make and create with (with TONS of supervision and instruction, of course!). I may even try it at her birthday party because it looks like kids of all ages will love it!
It was easy to make but to sticky. My 3 yr old grandson did not like it
Thanks for the feedback! I’ve found when it feels too thick and sticky, I will add more shaving cream to soften it up.
Thank you so much for sharing this!!! I can’t wait to try this out with my 2 little boys. My oldest LOVES to draw and write. This is the perfect idea to get them outside and continue encouraging his creativity. (Younger brother copies EVERYTHING his older brother does.) Lol.
how do you keep it from clogging the squirt bottles? I can’t seem to get it mixed enough to get all of the flour out so they don’t clog.
I cut the tips back on the squirt bottles until it was smooth to come out and didn’t clog. You might add just a little bit of water to smooth it out just a bit as well.
I am going to try this I think my 7 year old sister and I will have a blast with this after all I am 13 and I will be really happy to share this with my little neighbors.
That looks really fun! I might try this even though i’m grown up! 🙂
Love the foam paint idea. HATE the pushing of wipes! What is with that? Is she getting a commission?
Hi Charlotte,
In order to keep my content free for all my readers, I accept sponsored content from companies and products I use in order to pay for the expensive costs to run the website and everything associated with it. Huggies sponsored this post, so their products are incorporated into it.
Sure, go ahead and try and let me know how it turns out! I just found the flour/shaving foam ratio is what helped us keep it puffy.
Water is better to use than those wipes which produce waste for your landfill. I don’t approve. I don’t even use paper towels or napkins. I have to wash anyway so…
Great idea. But br care with the shaving cream. I used leftover ladies shaving gel plain on the sidewalk (after shaking it of course) and when we rinsed it off it left the cement whiter than the rest of the walk and driveway. It is still that way.
He had a great time though.
DO NOT USE SHAVING GEL. Only use the regular shaving foam that’s white. That is what I tested several times that worked and did nothing to the concrete.
To make one batch of this, how many standard sized cans of shaving cream would I need to buy? Can you get the whole 4-5 cups from one can?
I would say two cans will definitely be enough.
How long will this stay usable if stored in the squeeze bottles? I have 2 preschool classes- trying to decide if it’s feasible to prep ahead of time or not
I have made them up several hours before use, but not a day before.
thats awesome. I would definitely do this for my kids. they will definitely love it. because they keep on eating their dad’s head not this adds up to that 😛 .
Hello!
I plan on doing this for a library program and I was wondering if I made it a day in advance if it would keep? Thanks!
OMG that’s such an awesome thing to create. So much better than chalking over the pavement and easier to clean. Very kid friendly.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Are you paid by Huggies? Looks like you are not disclosing everything. If it’s sponsored, you should be enough honest to start your article with that mention instead of casting a shadow on the reliability of your content.
Hi! The very first sentence in my post tells you exactly who paid me. Collective Bias is an agency that was hired by Huggies for this post. I hope you enjoyed it!