Earth Day Craft

Earth Day craft for kids

Earth Day is tomorrow and I was planning a much more involved activity for it, but when my one year old came down with a cold this week, I ran out of time and energy to do anything too complicated. So, I went with one of my favorite, classic crafts for our Earth Day Craft…shaving cream painting. 

This craft is a great way to start a conversation about how our actions affect the wildlife and world around us. 

How We Made Our Earth Day Craft:

To begin our craft, I cut out the shapes that we wanted to use. Personally, I decided on a circle for the earth, a whale, a turtle, a bee, and an elephant. These were some of the animals that first came to mind when I thought of wildlife that is affected by human actions. I was in a hurry so I used my cricut to cut the shapes out, but you can easily draw and hand cut them out as well. I also decided to use cardboard from a cereal box (I set my cricut at the medium poster board setting) to create my shapes, but you can use paper instead if you prefer. Reusing cardboard seemed like it would be a good twist for Earth Day. 

Once the shapes were cut out, I filled a large serving bowl with shaving cream. I set the bowl on our Fun2Play craft tray to help contain the mess.

Next, I put drops of food coloring all around in the shaving cream. Usually I use paint, but with my sleep deprived brain I used food coloring instead. Thankfully it worked just as well as paint. 

After placing the drops of food coloring in the shaving cream, I had my son mix it up using a tooth pick.

For the next step, I had my son dip the cardboard shapes into the shaving cream. 

Next, I wiped off the extra shaving cream. I like to use a popsicle stick for this step. When the shaving cream is wiped off, you are left with a beautiful marbled look. 

Finally, I set the shapes out on a paper towel to dry. Once dry, they were ready to hang up and display in our house for Earth Day. 

Earth Day shaving cream painting kids craft

More Shaving Cream Fun:

For us, shaving cream crafts always turn into shaving cream “car washes.” I place new shaving cream in the large bowl and add a bowl of water and some hot wheel cars and my son can play and play. He loves it.

Kids shaving cream car wash for toy cars

What You Will Need:

Cardboard (can use paper), scissors (can use a cricut), shaving cream, large serving bowl, popsicle stick, food coloring (or paint), paper towel, tooth pick

Directions:

  1. First, cut desired shapes out of cardboard
  2. Fill a large bowl with shaving cream
  3. Place drops of food coloring or paint around in the shaving cream
  4. Use a toothpick to mix the food coloring (or paint) around in the shaving cream
  5. Dip one of your cardboard shapes into the shaving cream
  6. Wipe off the extra shaving cream with a popsicle stick
  7. Set the shape on a piece of paper towel to dry
  8. Repeat all of these steps for each of your cardboard shapes
  9. Finally, enjoy your beautiful marbled Earth Day craft!
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Misty
2 years ago

I love this!! You can use this technique for so many different projects. Thanks for sharing and Happy Earth Day 🌎!

Carolina
2 years ago

Thanks for sharing this great activity for our kids! We will love and have fun doing it!

Rachel
2 years ago

This looks like so much fun! My kids will love it! Thanks for sharing!!

Christine
2 years ago

This looks great fun! Great idea and so important to raise awareness in children.

Amanda
2 years ago

This is such a cool activity! We love doing crafts with shaving cream!

Mia
Mia
2 years ago

They came out so beautiful! I can’t wait until my little one is old enough for crafts!

Katherine
2 years ago

Such a cute idea! Even though it’s after earth day. Ill try that technique with my littles on the weekend. Thanks for sharing!

Katherine
2 years ago

Such a cute idea! Even though it’s after earth day. Ill try that technique with my littles on the weekend. Thanks for sharing the neat idea!

Katherine
2 years ago

Such a cute idea! Even though it’s after earth day. Ill try that technique with my littles on the weekend.

Gervin Khan
Gervin Khan
2 years ago

This is a cute and an easy earth day activity to do with my kids. I am sure they will be having fun doing it.

Kimberley
2 years ago

What a great craft idea I’ll need to remember this for next year

Sara Perez
Sara Perez
2 years ago

Such a cool way to set up a craft! I’m going to have to try it with my kids!

Danielle
2 years ago

This is such an adorable way to celebrate Earth Day!

Ceci Rey
2 years ago

What a fantastic idea…my girls would love this. Thanks for the inspiration! 👓🍕🏨

Ceci Rey
2 years ago

I love this activity! I will have to try it with my girls! 👓🍕🏨

Lynn
Lynn
2 years ago

Brittany what a great way to reuse materials and let the kids have fun doing it.

sarah
sarah
2 years ago

I’ve always loved that marblizing technique with shaving cream. What a great way to use it.

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