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Favorite Shaving Cream Activities For Kids Shaving Cream Crafts & fun 1. Summer Fun With Shaving Cream Activity 2. Painting with Shaving Cream: Frugal Crafting 3. Homemade Shaving Cream Craft 4. Painting Play in the Bathtub 5. Shaving Cream and Water Bead Cupcakes Activity 6. Fluffy Slime Recipe 7. 3 Ingredient DIY Foam Paint 8. Shaving Cream and Water Beads Sensory Bin Activity 9. The Best Fluffy Slime Recipe Shaving Cream Experiment 10. Shaving Cream Rain Clouds Experiment More Shaving Cream Crafts 11. Shaving Cream Cupcakes Craft 12. How to Dye Easter Eggs with Shaving Cream Craft 13. Shaving Cream Marbled Hearts Craft 14. Simple Shaving Cream Sensory Bin 15. Homemade Puffy Paint Recipe with Shaving Cream 16. Shaving Cream Dyed Easter Eggs 17. Water Bead and Shaving Cream Sensory Activity 18. Easy Shaving Cream Sensory Bin 19. Shaving Cream Butterfly Craft 20. Water Beads and Shaving Cream on the Light Table Activity 21. Shaving Cream Twister Game 22. Shapes and Shaving Cream 23. Easy Shaving Cream Bath Paint 24. Colored Shaving Cream Bath Play for Toddlers 25. Shaving Cream Sea Foam Sensory Bin 26. Homemade Bath Paint with Shaving Cream 27. Shaving Cream Thunderstorms 28. DIY Tinkerbell-Inspired Shaving Cream Art 29. Sticky Shaving Cream Sensory Play 30. Shaving Cream Painted Fall Leaves 31. How To Make Shaving Cream Rain 32. Frozen Shaving Cream Ocean Sensory Play 33. Rainbow Marbled Butterfly Pasta Art 34. Shaving Cream Marbled Earth Day Craft 35. 3 Ingredient DIY Puffy Paint 36. Rainbow Foam Dough 37. Easy Sensory Play – Shaving Cream and Bubble Wrap. 38. Toddler Rainbow Sensory Play 39. How to Make DIY Marbled Paper the Easy Way 40. Marbleized Peacock Art 41. Shaving Cream Fireworks 42. Shaving Cream Marbled Rainbows 43. Bath Paints Using Only 2 Ingredients More Shaving Cream Fun from Kids Activities Blog More Kids Activities You Will Love FAQs

Shaving cream activities and crafts are a fun, simple way to keep kids entertained (even toddlers) for hours! Shaving cream fun like shaving cream experiments and shaving cream crafts are impossible to engage in without a smile! Let’s explore 43 of our favorite shaving cream activities for kids of all ages that you can’t miss.

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Favorite Shaving Cream Activities For Kids

If you are familiar with sensory bins, then you probably already know why shaving foam is one of the best items to use for play and learning. Shaving cream is inexpensive and many of us already have it at hand.

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Overall, shaving cream activities offer a sensory experience that helps enhance our toddlers’ little hands’ fine motor skills. Plus, you can combine it with other materials for different textures. Some great ideas are food coloring, water beads, a piece of paper, bathtub paint, and more.

Tip for Keeping Mess Under Control: Do these activities in the tub, at the sink or on the back porch in a kiddie pool to make clean up a breeze. The shaving cream will help in the clean up!

Shaving Cream Crafts & fun

1. Summer Fun With Shaving Cream Activity

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This is one of our favorite shaving cream activities for some summer outdoor fun. All you need is a tarp, balloons, shaving cream, and goggles – now just watch your little one have their best day ever!

2. Painting with Shaving Cream: Frugal Crafting

Toddlers and preschoolers that love painting, they will love using shaving cream paint to decorate a piece of paper, cardboard, or anything they can think of. When colors are mixed with shaving cream, they will look more neon and bright.

3. Homemade Shaving Cream Craft

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Did you know you can make your own homemade shaving cream with all-natural ingredients? Here is a recipe you can try today.

4. Painting Play in the Bathtub

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Art is at its best when it’s big, messy, and colorful! This bathtub shaving cream paint activity is perfect toddlers and older kids too.

5. Shaving Cream and Water Bead Cupcakes Activity

This activity doubles as a sensory material too! Combining shaving cream and yummy scents make the best pretend cupcakes. From Mess For Less.

6. Fluffy Slime Recipe

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What kid doesn’t love slime? It’s so fun to squish and stretch! Today we are learning how to make fluffy slime with saline solution – in just 5 minutes. From Little Bins for Little Hands.

7. 3 Ingredient DIY Foam Paint

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Making foam paint or cream puffy paints with shaving cream is as easy as it gets – you just need to get some school glue and food coloring. Let’s make some art! From Dabbles & Babbles.

8. Shaving Cream and Water Beads Sensory Bin Activity

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Another activity with shaving cream and water beads from Parenting Chaos to create a fun sensory bin experiment.

9. The Best Fluffy Slime Recipe

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With just 4 ingredients, you can make the best fluffy slime recipe! You’ve got to try it. From The Soccer Mom Blog.

Shaving Cream Experiment

10. Shaving Cream Rain Clouds Experiment

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A fun experiments from One Little Project kids can do themselves that is also very beautiful. It’s also a fun way to explain how storms and clouds work.

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11. Shaving Cream Cupcakes Craft

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These pretend cupcakes from Smart School House are incredibly cute and little kids will love playing with it. This activity is best for preschool aged kiddos.

12. How to Dye Easter Eggs with Shaving Cream Craft

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This dye Easter eggs with shaving cream experiment is fun, easy, and educational. It will allow your toddler or preschooler to learn about science while being creative. From Sixth Bloom.

13. Shaving Cream Marbled Hearts Craft

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This shaving cream marble hearts from Busy Toddler is a super cool art project that will wow your little ones.

14. Simple Shaving Cream Sensory Bin

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This sensory play activity for toddlers from My Bored Toddler is a very simple shaving cream sensory bin that only takes minutes to set up, and it is heaps of fun.

15. Homemade Puffy Paint Recipe with Shaving Cream

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Want to learn how to make a DIY shaving cream puffy paint? Parenting Chaos has a simple recipe you can try in less than 5 minutes and will keep your toddler or kindergartener entertained for hours.

16. Shaving Cream Dyed Easter Eggs

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An alternative way to dye this year’s Easter eggs which is more fun than just painting over them. From Crafty Morning.

17. Water Bead and Shaving Cream Sensory Activity

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Although a bit messy, this water bead and shaving cream sensory bin is totally worth it and so much fun. There are so many different ways to play with it! From Little Learning Club.

18. Easy Shaving Cream Sensory Bin

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A cheap and shaving cream play bin that also doubles as sensory play! Toddlers will love this activity as it also looks very cool. From Twin Talk Blog.

19. Shaving Cream Butterfly Craft

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This shaving cream craft from 123 Homeschool 4 Me is super simple to make, and the result is a beautiful butterfly craft!

20. Water Beads and Shaving Cream on the Light Table Activity

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This water beads and shaving cream light table from Parenting Chaos play provides a great fine motor challenge and even has a bit of scientific exploration into it.

21. Shaving Cream Twister Game

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Twister is a family game we all know, but this version has some extra fun – shaving cream! It’s super easy to set up and perfect for parties or family events. From Lou Lou Girls.

22. Shapes and Shaving Cream

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Kids of all ages will have a blast when they combine shapes and shaving cream, while encouraging creativity. From Days with Grey.

23. Easy Shaving Cream Bath Paint

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This easy shaving cream bath paint from The Craft at Home Family is a great way to make bath time more fun for your little ones, with just two ingredients.

24. Colored Shaving Cream Bath Play for Toddlers

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Another bath activity for toddlers using colored shaving cream. This is one of the easiest ways to learn about colors while making bath time exciting. From My Bored Toddler.

25. Shaving Cream Sea Foam Sensory Bin

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This shaving cream sea foam sensory bin from Happy Toddler Play Time is a fun activity for kids of all ages. The texture is amazing, it’s cheap to get, and is very easy to clean up.

26. Homemade Bath Paint with Shaving Cream

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Did you know you can make homemade non-toxic shaving cream bath paint for your toddler? With only 2 ingredients! From One Beautiful Home Blog.

27. Shaving Cream Thunderstorms

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Capturing Parenthood created a fun way to learn about storms with just some ingredients that you probably already own. Kids of all ages will be amazed by this project!

28. DIY Tinkerbell-Inspired Shaving Cream Art

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Let’s create fairy dust sprinkles with shaving cream! Your kiddo will feel like they’re on a Disney movie. From Momtastic.

29. Sticky Shaving Cream Sensory Play

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Fantastic Fun & Learning came up with a fun play combining shaving cream and contact paper – preschoolers and kindergarteners can also make some art with it while toddlers might have fun just playing with it.

30. Shaving Cream Painted Fall Leaves

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Who knew you could paint leaves with shaving cream?! The instructions are easy enough for toddlers and kindergarteners to follow, so give it a try! From Toddler At Play.

31. How To Make Shaving Cream Rain

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Mom Wife Busy Life shared a fun way to use shaving cream to make a science experiment with just 4 ingredients. We recommend using tons of different colors!

32. Frozen Shaving Cream Ocean Sensory Play

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This frozen shaving cream ocean sensory play is great for toddlers, preschoolers, and older kids to have fun while learning about different textures. From Hello Wonderful.

33. Rainbow Marbled Butterfly Pasta Art

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You can make these rainbow butterfly craft with shaving cream from Hello Wonderful as a fun spring craft or just as room decoration.

34. Shaving Cream Marbled Earth Day Craft

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Shaving cream marbled Earth day is a simple and easy art project that will excite kids of all ages, but especially little ones. Plus, it celebrates Earth Day! From Crafty Morning.

35. 3 Ingredient DIY Puffy Paint

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Puffy paint is one of the best and easiest DIY projects to do with your kids, and we love that this one uses common ingredients everyone has at home, and it’s easy enough for kids to mix up by themselves. From Eze Breezy.

36. Rainbow Foam Dough

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This soft, silky, and modable shaving cream play dough recipe from Natural Beach Living will have toddlers having fun for hours on end.

37. Easy Sensory Play – Shaving Cream and Bubble Wrap.

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Using senses through play, like this easy sensory activity from Picklebums is a great way to help your child to use their imagination and it also promotes creative thinking.

38. Toddler Rainbow Sensory Play

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Got a toddler that loves rainbows? We love them too! Let’s make our own rainbow sensory play – with fluffy clouds and all. From Fun At Home With Kids.

39. How to Make DIY Marbled Paper the Easy Way

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This marbling technique is one of the easiest and cheapest DIY we know about. It’s perfect for art activities with little ones! From The Artful Parent.

40. Marbleized Peacock Art

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This shaving cream marbleized peacock is a great activity for the little artist at home, although younger ones might need some adult help. From Smart Class.

41. Shaving Cream Fireworks

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These shaving cream fireworks from I can Teach my Child! are both fun to make and to display, and it’s perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

42. Shaving Cream Marbled Rainbows

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Shaving cream and rainbows go so well together! That’s why we know this activity from The Chocolate Muffin Tree will be a success with your kiddo.

43. Bath Paints Using Only 2 Ingredients

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This bath paints activity from Laughing Kids Learn encourages creativity, stimulate the senses, and helps children learn about colors, all through play.

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FAQs

What are the learning outcomes of shaving cream play? ›

Playing with shaving cream and food coloring can develop a number of cognitive skills. It allows children to create art with a deeper understanding of three-dimensional shapes and can help them identify patterns.

How do you write activities with shaving cream? ›

Squirt shaving cream on a tray. Using premade or teacher-made cards, place letter cards near the tray. In small groups, model how to write a letter. Then, using your hand, rub the shaving cream to erase the letter.

What do children learn from playing with shaving foam? ›

It can also help kids develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination by picking up, moving, and drawing with their fingers in the shaving cream.

How to make playdough with shaving foam? ›

How to make foam dough
  1. Measure out approx 5 tablespoons of shaving foam into a small pot.
  2. Add a few drops of food colouring to the shaving foam and mix well until you get the colour you want.
  3. Slowly add the cornflour a teaspoon at a time, stirring thoroughly until the mixture starts to look slightly doughy.

What is the shaving foam trick? ›

To save yourself the expense of a professional deep-clean, first reach for the shaving foam. Similar to the sofa trick, cover the area you want to clean with shaving foam, massaging it in, and leave it for up to an hour. Wipe it off with a damp cloth or use a toothbrush to scrub at more ingrained marks.

What is a good alternative to shaving cream for sensory play? ›

This sensory foam is so easy to make and is a great taste safe alternative to shaving cream so perfect for little ones.

What do children learn from shaving cream art? ›

I love messy sensory and art activities, so I am all for it. The scented shaving foam art lets children explore with multiple senses as they create. On top of that, they're practicing a variety of early learning skills, too.

How do you use shaving cream in the classroom? ›

Shaving cream writing

With a simple tray and a layer of shaving cream, children can use their fingers to write letters. It's a great way to add some play and novelty for such a foundational skill.

What is special about shaving cream? ›

Shaving cream softens the facial hair, enabling the razor to glide much more effortlessly across the skin, promoting an overall healthier complexion. Shaving cream is also a skincare treat as it's packed with soothing and skin-friendly ingredients like aloe vera, chamomile and shea butter.

What are sensory activities? ›

Sensory play is any activity that stimulates our senses – touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. It helps children interact with and make sense of the world that surrounds them.

Why is shaving cream good for sensory play? ›

Messy play, such as playing in shaving cream, can help to reduce tactile sensitivity in children who are bothered by light touch. These children typically are quite “stand-offish” with messy play or will only participate in it by using their fingertips rather than getting their whole hand dirty.

How to make rain clouds with shaving cream? ›

Instructions:
  1. Fill a clear cup with water.
  2. Add a layer of shaving cream.
  3. Add several drops of food coloring.
  4. When the cloud gets too heavy, the drops fall through as rain! Explain to your child that when water droplets grow heavy in the sky, gravity pulls them down from the clouds as rain, just like in the experiment.

Is shaving cream safe for kids to play with? ›

Shaving cream itself is not a hazardous or toxic substance. If it was, people would not be putting it on their faces and legs. But if you want to get technical, the aerosol propellant that pushes the cream out of the can could be considered hazardous… IF THE KIDS ARE HUFFING THE EMPTY CANS!

Can kids play with shaving cream in the tub? ›

Since a shaving cream activity can be messy, be sure to have kids dress appropriately in old clothes. This activity is best done outside or in an area that can be easily cleaned, like a bathtub. Shaving cream can also be used as finger paint, and it's safe for kids, making it a great sensory activity.

What is a safe alternative to shaving cream for sensory play? ›

This sensory foam is so easy to make and is a great taste safe alternative to shaving cream so perfect for little ones.

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