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    Home » Sensory Activities

    Scented Shaving Cream Pumpkin Pie

    Modified: May 6, 2022 · Published: Sep 2, 2013 by Vicky · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

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    I am so excited to be starting a new series, Fall into Sensory PLAY, with Crystal from Growing a Jeweled Rose! Over the next two weeks on Mondays and Thursdays we will sharing fun ideas for Fall themed sensory play. Today we both came up with a hands-on pumpkin themed activity. My kids made pumpkin pie, but not like any you've had before. You see, our Scented Shaving Cream Pumpkin Pie isn't edible but it smells yummy and little ones will love creating it. When you are done here head over to Growing a Jeweled Rose and get your hands dirty with their Pumpkin Slime Play Recipe.

    Scented Shaving Cream Pumpkin Pie - This fall sensory activity allows kids to create a play pumpkin pie using sand and shaving cream.

    You will need:

    • Unscented shaving cream
    • Pie tin
    • Pumpkin pie spice
    • Red, blue and orange food coloring
    • Sand
    pie tin, food coloring and shaving cream

    You will want your kids to wear their play clothes for this activity as it will get messy! We got shaving cream all over our hands and shirts.

    Start out by filling a bowl with shaving cream. We made three pies so we needed quite a bit. You won't need this much if you are just making one pie.

    child squirting shaving cream

    Add some orange food coloring. For our giant bowl of shaving cream we used ¼ of a container of orange gel food coloring. Mix until you get a dark orange.

    making shaving cream pumpkin pie

    You will want to turn the shaving cream into more of a brownish color so add some red and blue food coloring and stir to mix.

    orange shaving cream

    Now it's take to take it up a notch and make this smell like a pumpkin pie! This requires a lot of pumpkin pie spice. Even unscented shaving cream has a scent, so in order to overpower that, you will want to mix in lots of pumpkin pie spice.

    child playing with orange shaving cream

    We kept adding and mixing until the shaving cream smelled like pumpkin pie.

    scented pie

    After the shaving cream mixture is ready, you can start making your pie. We used an aluminum pie tin and some wet sand for this step. Have your child scoop the wet sand into the pan and smooth it out to make a crust. My kids tried to push some wet sand against the sides too.

    making sand pies

    Now it's time to add the "pie filling." We scooped ours into the pie plate and spread it around using a small spatula. You child can also do this with their hands. The food coloring will color their hands, but ours came off after just a few washings.

    Pumpkin pie made from shaving cream

    My daughter smooths out her pie and makes sure the shaving cream is all spread out.

    Scented Shaving Cream Pumpkin Pie - This fall sensory activity allows kids to create a play pumpkin pie using sand and shaving cream.

    Pie anyone? These pies smelled so good and even looked similar to a pumpkin pie. The kids were thrilled with how they turned out.

    Fun sensory play for fall

    They decided to set up a restaurant and start serving each other the pies. I just love how this sensory activity inspired pretend play!

    play pie

    The kids played for a long time ordering pies, serving them, taking them away and of course smelling them! Another fun pumpkin pie activity is this Scented Pumpkin Pie Craft.

    kids with play pies

    Now head over to Growing a Jeweled Rose to see how they made and played with Pumpkin Slime. And don't forget to check out our Apple Bowling Art.

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    1. skubby1@aol.com says

      September 19, 2014 at 8:42 am

      I just love this idea it's awesome. Hey do you think if we added white glue it stay. I was thinking of having them make mini pies for part of their Thanksgiving centerpieces. We also do a Harvest festival theme in November and these could be a prop for the farmewrs market. Do think they would be okay or would they mold. Thank you fro sharing your awesome idea my preschoolers love everything messy.

      Reply
      • Vicky @ Mess For Less says

        September 22, 2014 at 4:56 pm

        That is a good question. I honestly have no idea what would happen but if you try it (maybe you can make a small one) please let me know. It sounds like a great idea.

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    2. Anna says

      November 01, 2013 at 5:25 pm

      What a fun outdoor activity for Fall! Thanks for linking up at After School.

      Reply
    3. goldenreflections1 says

      September 26, 2013 at 3:27 am

      This is amazing! I am including a link to this post in a round up post I am doing of 10 Fall Sensory Activities for kids! Here is the link so you can see it! http://wp.me/p3xXyV-ru Will be live on Sept 26th at 6:30am EST!

      Reply
    4. OneMommy says

      September 03, 2013 at 2:07 pm

      How fun! Pinned it!

      Reply
    5. Jodie Clarke says

      September 02, 2013 at 11:25 pm

      I love this idea! We don't have much pumpkin pie here in Australia (not sure why as I love it!)but I know my girls will still have a lot of fun making some pies!

      Reply
    Vicky from Mess for Less

    I'm Vicky, the founder of Mess For Less, which I started in 2011 to share easy, family-friendly recipes. With over a decade of experience as a home chef and recipe developer, I love creating meals that bring people together. I also design play and learning activities for kids, using my background as a former teacher with a Master’s degree in education. Learn more about me.

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