Shaving Cream Activity For Preschoolers: 15 Ideas, Sensory Play, And Experiments

Shaving cream is such a fun material to add to sensory activities planned for your preschoolers. There are tons of ways for kids to play with the substance and use their creativity in new ways. From shaving cream sensory bin activities to shaving cream artwork, there is a heap of ways to play! Here are 15 shaving cream projects that are sure to please your preschool class! 

1. Snow Storm

Use shaving cream to cover a play area. Let kids use utensils or their hands to spread the shaving cream; creating a “snowstorm”. Then, kids can practice drawing animals or writing their names in the shaving cream. This is a great activity for kids to practice motor skills as well.

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2. Shaving Cream Slide

Spread shaving cream down a slide and let kids play in it. This is a great Summer activity! Once kids are done playing in the shaving cream, they can rinse off in the sprinklers. Kids will love slipping and sliding while they play and explore the unique texture. 

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3. Painting With Shaving Cream

For this activity, kids paint with shaving cream; indulging in a full sensory experience. You can make colored shaving cream with food coloring. Kids can use the shaving cream paint on windows, in the shower or bathtub, or on metal cookie sheets. 

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4. Frozen Shaving Cream

Using different containers and food coloring, put shaving cream in the containers and then place them in the freezer. Once the shaving cream is frozen, kids can play with it, breaking it apart to create unique patterns.

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5. Shaving Cream Fun Bins

This is a perfect sensory play activity for young kids. Set up a sensory bin by putting shaving cream and different kinds of manipulatives into the mixture. Kids can use bowls, silverware, spatulas, etc. 

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6. Marbled Animal Art

This DIY project uses shaving cream and acrylic paints to make animals. Kids use food coloring to mix colors for their art. Then, they can use it to paint on pieces of paper. Once the shaving cream dries, kids cut out the marbled animals.

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7. Shaving Cream Wrapping Paper

This is a great activity for kids to make unique gift wrap for a friend’s party. Kids use food coloring to make marbled paintings using shaving foam. Then they paint the shaving foam onto blank paper and let it dry for cool wrapping paper.

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8. Glow in the Dark Shaving Cream

Kids use fluorescent paint and shaving cream to make fun, glow-in-the-dark paint. Kids love using glowing paint to make art that glows in the dark. This is a fun way to use shaving cream for sensory play and keep kids busy. 

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9. Sand Foam

For this shaving cream experiment, kids combine shaving cream and sand to make a light and fluffy foam. Kids can use toy cars and trucks to use the sand foam like a sensory sandbox. The texture of the sand foam is similar to whipped cream.

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10. Shaving Cream Rain Cloud

All your little scientists will need for this experiment is shaving cream, water, a clear cup, and food coloring. Kids put the shaving cream on top of the water and then watch as food coloring permeates through to the water layer.

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11. Shaving Cream Car Tracks

This is another simple way that kids can play with shaving cream. Kids use cars to drive through the shaving cream and make track marks. Kids can enjoy this activity outside or inside on a cookie sheet.

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12. Shaving Cream and Cornstarch

For this project, kids mix shaving cream and cornstarch to make a fun dough-like substance. The mixture is moldable so your little ones can use it to build fun shapes.

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13. Pool Noodles and Shaving Cream

Toddlers use cut-up pool noodles and shaving cream in a fun sensory bin activity. The pool noodles act like sponges and/or paint brushes that the kids can use to make fun patterns and drawings.

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14. Shaving Cream Magnet Doodling

This playtime idea only requires a large, smooth surface and shaving cream.  Kids can use different spray nozzles (using old frosting tubes or tops) to create different textures and patterns to draw with. When they’re done, they simply wipe the drawing away and start again.

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15. Shaving Cream Twister

Kids will love this motor challenge that combines shaving cream and the classic game of Twister. Instead of finding the normal colors on a Twister board, kids have to put their hand or foot into shaving cream and try their best to balance and win!

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