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    Home » Painting Activities

    2 Ingredient Shaving Cream Paint

    Published: Mar 5, 2012 · Modified: Apr 14, 2022 by Vicky · This post contains affiliate links.

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     My kids love playing with shaving cream. It is a fun sensory material and its low price makes it a parent favorite as well. In the past, we have had fun making Shaving Cream Cards and Gift Wrap and playing with Shaving Cream and Water Bead Cupcakes. Today, we tried our hand at making 2 Ingredient Shaving Cream Paint. You won't believe how easy it is to make or how much fun your kids will have painting with it. We started off painting on paper, but as you will see, the kids got some other ideas.

    2 Ingredient Shaving Cream Paint - you won't believe how easy this stuff is to make. Such a fun way to paint!

    2 Ingredient Shaving Cream Paint

    Supplies You Will Need:

    • Muffin Tin
    • Shaving Cream
    • Food Coloring
    • Brush
    • Paper
    making shaving cream paint

    Start off by spraying some shaving cream in each spot of the muffin tin.

    painting with shaving cream

    Next add your food coloring and mix. We wanted a variety of colors and the kids had fun telling me what colors to mix together to make purple and orange. And that's how easy it is to make 2 Ingredient Shaving Cream Paint!

    paint recipe

    Then give you kids their "palette," a brush and some paper and watch them create.

    child painting with shaving cream
    kids painting with shaving cream

    Little C is deep in concentration.

    making shaving cream paint

    The paintings had some great texture. When they dried, the puffiness reduced a bit, but the kids still enjoyed the sensory experience of touching the artwork.

    shaving cream paint for kids

    After she was done painting on paper, "A" got her hands dirty and started experimenting with painting the table.

    kids and shaving cream

    And Little C joins in the fun.

    shaving cream painting

    I like how the kids extended this activity themselves. My girls have been a bit skittish in the past about textures and different things they touch so I was happy to see them approach this art and sensory activity with gusto.

    If you liked this 2 Ingredient Shaving Cream Paint, check out:

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    1. Chrissy @ The Outlaw Mom Blog

      March 11, 2012 at 7:52 pm

      Super fun. We do this in the bath since we just use Hubby's stinky shaving cream and don't want the whole house smelling of pine-scented-what-have-you! ha ha Makes for easy clean up, too! But we do have a glass coffee table and now you're inspiring me .... 🙂

    2. Cari and Cortnee @ Two Sasters

      March 06, 2012 at 12:15 pm

      This looks like SO much fun!! I wish I had a glass instead of a wood table thou;)

    3. Jill

      March 06, 2012 at 4:06 am

      Cute! Thanks for sharing! Smiles, Jill

    4. Sugarr2518

      March 06, 2012 at 1:42 am

      It looks like your kids had soo much fun with this activity! How easy to get it all ready too:)

    5. Anonymous

      March 05, 2012 at 7:39 pm

      Oh fun! I have painted with shaving cream before and mixed it one part shaving cream to one part white glue. Then it dries puffy!

    6. Emily

      March 05, 2012 at 3:26 pm

      Fun idea! Love the colors!

      Emily

    7. Cranberry Morning

      March 05, 2012 at 1:52 pm

      That looks like so much fun! I want to come to your house. 🙂

    8. Anonymous

      March 05, 2012 at 1:42 pm

      I've done this, but I have left the shaving cream white and dropped food colouring onto their paper for them to mix it in, I like this idea too!

    9. Heidi

      March 05, 2012 at 1:41 pm

      Great idea!

    10. Lanette Depew

      March 05, 2012 at 1:19 pm

      Was the shaving cream thick enough on the table for them to write letters in it?

    11. magavik70

      March 05, 2012 at 12:57 pm

      Great if you have a glass table!! Not so much if you don't, lol...

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    Hi, I'm Vicky, the founder and content creator at Mess For Less. If you are looking for family-friendly recipes, recipes that kids can make, and play and learning activities for kids, you will find them at Mess For Less. I invite you to learn more about me. Thanks for stopping by!

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    • Valentine's Brownie Cake Pops
    • Valentine's Chocolate Covered Pretzels
    • Valentine Ideas for Kids - Glitter Hearts

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    • Winter Shaving Cream Paint
    • Pinecone Snowman Craft
    • Melted Snowman Craft

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