Messy play

Messy play is a part of being a kid. You just can't deny them the enjoyment of the mess.  I can however deny them the opportunity to spread it around my house.  So, when the weather is nice we go outside to have messy play. 

Then there are days like this:

I give them a whole variety of messiness and just let them go.

I put baking soda on a cookie tray. Then put some vinegar in a few cups with a variety of food coloring.  P used a dropper to drop the vinegar onto the baking soda, combing the colors for fizzy fun.

 I put out finger paints and a big piece of art paper.  They eventually ended up being feet paints, somehow missed pictures of that.

 And of course goop.  The good old cornstarch and water mixture.  C absolutely loved it.  I think this may have been the first time he encountered it.

What is your child's favorite messy play activity?