You can apply this idea to any theme you like but we decided to set it up for an easy St Patrick’s Day preschool activity. Go on a treasure hunt with shaving cream sensory play! Search for a pot of gold in fluffy mounds of shaving cream. It’s a wonderful tactile sensory experience for young kids. Read all about the benefits of sensory play for kids.
Shaving Cream Makes Awesome Sensory Play
Shaving cream is a fun, easy and inexpensive sensory play idea! We clear the table and prep to get a little messy.
Learn more about sensory bins and sensory bin fillers here!
Clean up is much easier than you think! We always like to have a bowl of fresh water nearby to wash our hands. If you want to reduce mess, try it in the bathtub or a sink!
More Ways To Play With Shaving Cream
- St Patrick’s Day Fluffy Slime
- Color a rainbow with puffy paint
- Rainbow fluffy slime
- Sand Foam Sensory Recipe
St Patrick’s Day Shaving Cream Coin Hunt
Here’s how we used shaving foam for a St Patrick’s Day coin hunt!
Note: It’s important to encourage kids to wipe their hands on towels, as shaving cream can sting if it gets in the eye!
Supplies:
- Large Bin
- Gold Coins
- Shaving Cream
- Glitter
Set-Up:
STEP 1. Put a large bin on the table and empty your coins. I used a packet of 100 St Patrick’s Day gold coins.
STEP 2. Cover all the coins with one can of foaming shaving cream. The gel does not work! I sprinkled green glitter over everything, just because! Fresh water and towels are handy, too!
Invitation To Play
Once we were set up, we invited the boys to play! No real instructions here but to find the coins and have fun!Bowls of fresh water to rinse hands and coins is a good idea for some kids!
Digging out the coins is also a great fine motor activity for young kids. Exploring tactile sensory play is a treat for the sensory processing system, and shaving cream sensory play is easy and fun.
Hide anything you want inside a mound of shaving cream and invite your kids to explore with their senses. LEGO, superheroes, princesses, plastic animals, beads, and more are perfect to add to the fun.
More Fun St Patrick’s Day Sensory Play
- Make Shamrock Playdough
- Rainbow Foam Dough (Printable Playdough Mats)
- Fizzy Pots
- St Patrick’s Day Slime
- St Patrick’s Day Oobleck
- St Patrick’s Day Discovery Bottles
More Fun St. Patrick’s Day Activities For Kids
Also, check out…
- Leprechaun Trap Ideas
- St Patrick’s Day Science Experiments
- St Patrick’s Day Activities For Preschoolers
- Slime You Can Make For St Patrick’s Day
- Free St Patrick’s Day Printables
- St Patrick’s Day LEGO Challenges
- St Patrick’s Day Art Projects
Printable St. Patrick’s Day STEM Pack
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- 25+ St. Patrick’s Day science activities and STEM projects for kids that are easy to set up and fit into your available time, even if it’s limited!
- Printable leprechaun theme STEM activities that are simple but engaging for home or classroom. Perfect for K-2 and beyond but easily adaptable to many skill levels.
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- Easy to gather supplies makes these STEM activities ideal when you have limited resources available. Try the leprechaun launcher or rocket! Solve codes and puzzles, too.
- Additional STEM activities Include the tallest gold coin tower challenge, brick building challenges, math task cards, and screen-free coding activities.
- Bonus fun pack includes games and activities to round out your St. Patrick theme activities, such as I Spy, bingo, matching, Would You Rather cards, board games, word puzzles, and more! Perfect for parties, too!
FUN!