Shaving Cream Activities are lots of fun! 

Check this shaving cream marbling art we made that was colorful and a wonderful craft for kids! 

If you are looking for easy kid painting ideas, I’ve got you covered with this epic and simple activity you can probably try at home right now! 

How? 

Well, because these items are items some of us already may have at home – right now. 

Painting with shaving cream can be lots of fun with a little color and so I’ll be sharing the details of what we used and how you can go about trying this simple shaving art for kids idea too! 

Related: Looking for more art ideas for children? Check out this one right here! 

Supplies: 

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• Cardstock paper 

• Liquid watercolors or food coloring

• Toothpick

• Cake scraper (to shave off the shaving cream)

• Shaving cream/foam

And, you’ve got it! 

How to make shaving cream art

Shaving cream marbling art is as simple as apple pie! 

Mixing art and shaving cream is so much fun for kids and incorporates a bit of sensory benefits which is a plus. 

How do you make shaving cream art? 

Here are the steps I took for this simple shaving cream art idea and crafts for kids: 

• Draw shapes onto a few sheets of cardstock paper. 

• Then, cut them out.

• Lay them on the table. 

• Then, add shaving cream to however many plates that pertain to the amounts of colors you will be using. 

• Add a few drops of liquid watercolors or food coloring to each of the plates filled with shaving cream. 

• Bring forth these paper plates to the table and see if your littles would like to mix around the coloring and shaving cream with a toothpick! 

• Stir around the colors to create this marbled effect on the shaving cream. 

• Then, the fun part: 

• Grab your cardstock paper shape and lay it on top of the shaving cream colored plate. 

• Lay it on the side and wait about 5 minutes for the colors to soak in on the cardstock paper. 

• Once your 5 minutes is up, use a cake scraper to scrape off the excess shaving cream that is on the cardstock paper and voila.. 

• You’ve an epic art piece using none other than – shaving cream. 🙂 

Pretty epic painting activities for 3 year olds, right? 

This shaving cream experiment is one for the books and can be used in many different ways, for many different themes!

What do you do with shaving cream when your bored? 

If you are looking to try a fun art craft using shaving cream, try making shaving cream art! 

Here are some ideas: 

• Shaving cream art on canvas

• Shaving cream marble art

• Finger paint craft ideas using shaving cream

Does shaving cream paint dry? 

In our experience, yes! 

Once we use the cake scraper to remove the excess shaving cream from our shaving cream art, the shaving cream on the cardstock does dry. 

Can you paint with shaving cream? 

Most definitely! 

Painting with shaving cream can be very therapeutic and fun. It also includes shaving cream play benefits such as sensory benefits! 

How do you make homemade paint without food coloring?  

Looking to make homemade paint without food coloring? 

Check out this fun DIY I tried out for dyeing our DIY paint without food coloring. 🙂 

Related: Looking for more sensory art activities for preschoolers? Check out this fun one we tried that was EPIC!