Shaving Cream Play

My teacher mind collided with my mom-mind in today's activity. In my head I saw Aiden and I practicing letters and numbers using shaving cream as a fun medium. Here was what I envisioned:

I have done activities like this MANY times in my classroom, with 24 or more children, and managed to keep it under control. However, within a couple of minutes, I lost control of the situation:

I surrendered. He was having fun, and so what if no learning took place? I let it go the way he wanted, which was to "cook" some "pudding" and cover himself head to toe with shaving cream. He had fun and it kept him busy for an hour. Shaving Cream Day=success!