10 Shaving Cream Activities for Kids - Mess for Less (2024)

FAQs

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.

Keep the can out of reach of children. When exploring shaving cream on a table or in the sensory tub the adult is the dispenser of the cream, make sure you provide enough for exploration and when the children are finished exploring, the can gets put back in the cupboard. If this is the compromise, take it.

This is a wonderful messy play and art activity for toddlers, babies and children. It is quick and easy to set up and the shaving foam and paint looks really effective and enticing against the black of the tuff tray.

“There is no right or certain age to start shaving,” said Rashell Orey, a licensed master social worker at Banner Health. “Some may be eager to start very early, while for others, this could be a scary thought. It's a conversation that you'll need to discuss with them.”

Both shaving foam and shaving cream are great to use for all sorts of fun kids activities and messy play ideas for toddlers and preschoolers.

If the cans are completely empty, place them into your regular household trash. If the cans have remaining hazardous products in them, bring them to our Household Hazardous Waste drop-off.

Apart from the visual stimulation it offers, it also ignites the olfactory senses with various (and hopefully pleasant) smells, and once the children manipulate the shaving cream, the kinaesthetic invigoration can be boundless.

Cover the fabric you want to clean in a layer of shaving foam - any brand will do as long as it's white. Leave it to sit on the sofa for at least 20 minutes or up to an hour for tougher marks. Use a damp cloth to wipe away the foam, scrubbing any stubborn stains as you go.

Just mix equal parts corn starch and shaving foam, add your desired food colouring, then gently knead into a dough consistency for easy sensory fun.

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

How do you make rain clouds with shaving cream? ›

Gather a small group of toddlers and pour water into a larger clear container about half way. Squeeze a generous amount of shaving cream on top of the water. Say, “this is like a CLOUD” as you are squeezing it out. Add water to a small cup and add drops of blue food coloring to make the water blue.