Monster mush – a fun activity to help with monster worries!

We love making a mess and this monster mush is a great activity for littlies who are having troubles at night with monster fears.

The combination of shaving foam, washing up liquid and paint make for a right mushy mess, but hours of fun for little ones!

To make monster mush you’ll need:

•Shaving foam
•Washing up liquid
•A little water
•Child friendly paint
•feathers or sequins to mix
•spoons and pots

How to:

1. Mix the ingredients together on a metal or plastic tray until you have a bubbly mess!

2. Give your littlies the feathers and spoons to mix up a monster mush. Let them use their hands if they want to – a fabulous sensory experience!

3. Let them ‘serve’ up their monster mush into little pots for monsters to enjoy!

We extended our monster mush play by reading monster stories, drawing monster pictures and watching our favourite monster movie – monsters inc!

By talking about monsters during our monster activity it gave the littlies an opportunity to express their (very real) fear of monsters.

You can read more about dealing with night fears and terrors here, but in the meantime, why not have a go at our fun monster mush? It’s also a great activity for Halloween!