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    Home » Crafts » Valentine's Day Cards using Shaving Cream

    Valentine's Day Cards using Shaving Cream

    Published: Jan 28, 2013 · Modified: Apr 28, 2022 by Vicky

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    We love to make cards using shaving cream. In the past, we made end of the year teacher cards using shaving cream. With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I have had lots of Valentine ideas bouncing around my head. I decided we should make cards for my kids classmates. I admit, in the past I have bought those little Valentine's Day cards that have a kitten or cartoon on them and called it a day. But I am the Mess For Less lady. The least I can do is make cards. These Valentine's Day Cards using Shaving Cream are fun to make and will make it look like you put some effort into Valentine's Day. *I reserve the right to give out store bought Valentines whenever I see fit, so if you read this and have gotten one of those kitten or cartoon cards, you know why.

    These Valentine's Day Cards using Shaving Cream are fun for kids to make. A cool sensory activity that produces a different card each time.

    Valentine's Day Cards using Shaving Cream

    You will need:

    • Shaving cream
    • Red food coloring
    • Popsicle stick
    • Glue
    • Scissors
    • Red construction paper
    • White card stock
    • Glitter
    supplies for making valentine's cards

    The first thing you need to do is to decide what size card you want to make. Since these were for kids, I wanted something fairly small. I cut the white card stock to a 5" x 6.5" size and for the finished card, I folded that in half.

    Cut out some hearts from the red construction paper. You will need 1 heart for each card you are making.

    scissor, hearts, and paper

    Squirt some shaving cream onto a tray and add a few squirts of red food coloring on it.

    shaving cream

    Provide your child with the tray and a Popsicle stick and have them swirl the color around. Make sure they don't mix the red in completely or the cards won't have the marbled effect.

    playing with shaving cream

    Next, have your child press down the card stock onto the colored shaving cream and then carefully lift it up.

    pressing paper on shaving cream
    marbled paper

    This is where it gets pretty messy and where you take over. When your child lifts the shaving cream covered paper, you can place it on a paper towel and use a Popsicle stick to remove the shaving cream from the card stock.

    marble effect

    You will be using the Popsicle stick like a scraper and scraping off the shaving cream. When you do this, the pretty marbling effect is revealed.

    shaving cream
    Valentines day cards

    When you have taken off all the excess shaving cream, put the cards out on a table to dry. They will feel dry to the touch already, so you only need to leave them out for an hour or so. Then, gather up all the cards and place them under a heavy book so they will not curl.

    While this is going on, you can have your children decorate the construction paper hearts you cut out earlier. Have them brush some glue on the hearts and them sprinkle glitter on them. We used red glitter, but you can use whatever color you'd like.

    glitter hearts

    When the hearts and card stock have dried, fold the card stock in half and glue the glitter heart to the center.

    Then you will have these adorable handmade cards that your child can write out to their classmates.

    valentine's day cards

    If you are looking for more fun activities for kids, check out Green Kid Crafts, an earth friendly monthly craft subscription box for kids that sparks creativity while teaching kids a respect and love for the environment. These boxes are themed and each month will be filled with fun projects and creative activities than can be enjoyed by kids from ages 3-10.

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    Comments

    1. Alexis AKA MOM

      January 28, 2013 at 8:33 pm

      As always my dear you just blow me away with these fun things for the kids to do!

    2. School Sparks Renee

      January 28, 2013 at 10:17 pm

      I love that marbled effect. Thanks for reminding me to put the paper under a book to keep it from curling! Adorable! Renee

    3. Jackie Higgins

      January 29, 2013 at 1:06 pm

      I've been debating buying the boxed cards or making our own. These look really cool, though, so maybe we'll try at least a few of them. Thanks for sharing.

    4. Brenda

      February 02, 2013 at 7:48 am

      How fun and cute! 🙂 Pinning! 😉
      Have a great weekend!

    5. April Tuell

      February 02, 2013 at 3:52 pm

      How cute is this?! I'd love it if you would share these at my Saturday Spotlight linky party. 🙂 http://angelshomestead.com/saturday-spotlight-2-features/

    6. Katie @ Gift of Curiosity

      February 04, 2013 at 4:44 am

      We did a similar activity a while back, but I love the idea of doing it for Valentine's!

    7. Jessica @ Play Trains!

      February 04, 2013 at 6:41 am

      I really have to remember to buy shaving cream. Beautiful cards.

    8. Jeanette Chaney

      February 05, 2013 at 3:20 pm

      I had to read this twice...shave cream?? Love it!
      I'm having a Valentine Link Party at Homa Style and would love you to come over and link up. {The party ends today}
      The link is
      http://homastyle.com/wp/2013/01/30/valentine-link-party/

    9. RedTedArt

      February 05, 2013 at 8:20 pm

      The marbled effect looks wonderful.

      Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty.

      Maggy

    10. Diana - FreeStyleMama

      February 07, 2013 at 1:30 am

      Fun project! Thanks for linking up at my Pin Me Linky Party.

    11. Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com)

      February 08, 2013 at 9:36 am

      Vicky these look like so much fun to make! And they came out SO cute!

      I am featuring this at TGIF this week here: http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2013/02/tgif-linky-party-62.html

      Thanks for linking up and sharing your creativity with all of us! I hope to see you linked up again later today!

      Have a GREAT weekend,
      Beth =-)

    12. 2 Big, 2 Little

      February 09, 2013 at 2:07 pm

      These are so pretty 🙂
      Thanks for linking up to the Kid's Co-op. I have featured your post this week and will be pinning it to the Co-op board on Pinterest.

    13. SortingSprinkles

      February 09, 2013 at 5:35 pm

      This is gorgeous! Easy enough for tots with yet such a beautiful result. Will have to try it a shot!

    14. Anna

      January 25, 2014 at 10:14 am

      They really turned out great! Thanks for linking up at After School.

    15. Vicky @ Mess For Less

      January 27, 2014 at 3:02 am

      Thanks Anna! They were lots of fun for the kids to make.

    16. Jeanette

      January 27, 2016 at 2:43 pm

      When you scrape off the shaving cream with the popsicle stick, can you put it back into the shaving cream pile to use again? I'm hoping to get multiple valentines with one pile and stir of shaving cream and food coloring.

    17. Vicky

      January 27, 2016 at 4:58 pm

      Yes, you can totally do that Jeanette!

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