Easy Shaving Cream Pumpkin Art

Creating a cool marble paint technique is fun for kids of all ages! The best part is you can do this in minutes for a fun Fall afternoon art activity.

Why You Will Love This Art Idea

GOOD FOR ALL AGES – This is a fun preschool, kindergarten and school-aged painting process to try.
EASILY CHANGE SUBJECT MATTER– If your child doesn’t want to make a pumpkin art, consider Fall leaves, Christmas trees, and more.
CAN MODIFY SUPPLIES – You can use food coloring or liquid watercolor for the best results.

READ MORE – We also talk about how to create a shaving cream painting on paper using acrylic paint here.

Supplies you’ll need

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Cheap Shaving Cream
Liquid Watercolor Paint
Scraper
Pencil
Scissors and a glue stick
Heavy White Paper
Optional- Black paper, black crayon

scissors, shaving cream, liquid watercolor paint on a baking sheet.

Notes About Supplies

You can substitute food coloring or acrylic paint when doing marbling.
A scraper can be a squeegee, a piece of cardboard, or an old credit/gift card.
Copy paper will be too flimsy.
Working in an old cookie tray will help with clean-up.

How To Make Shaving Cream Fall Art

BEFORE YOU BEGIN – Set up a work area with extra paper down for easy clean-up.

Step 1: Spread Shaving Cream

Add shaving cream a tray or baking sheet that is bigger than the paper you are printing on. You need a thin layer of shaving cream at the bottom before you begin. You can use your scraper or fingers.

drops of orange and yellow watercolor on shaving cream.

Step 2: Add Yellow and Orange

Add drops of liquid watercolor or food coloring to the shaving cream. For these particular prints, we also experimented with adding black to a few prints.

hand swirling orange and yellow watercolor paint on shaving cream.

Step 3: Mix The Colors

Use an old pencil to swirl the shaving cream and paint around until you like what it looks like.

hand pressing white paper into shaving cream paint.

Step 4: Print The Paper

After you have swirled, take your paper and press it down lightly and rub the back of the paper.

hand scraping off paint and shaving cream off paper.

Step 5: Scrape Off Excess Shaving Cream

Using a scraper such as an old credit card or piece of cardboard to lightly take off excess shaving cream to reveal the awesome shaving cream art.

hand holding shaving cream paper marbled.

Step 6: Let Dry

This paper will dry relatively quickly.

Step 7: Cut Out Pumpkin

Fold the paper in half and sketch a pumpkin. Cut it out and draw extra details. Here are 4 easy pumpkin drawing tutorials.

hand holding shaving cream pumpkin kid art project.

Optional Step: Create A Face

Collage a Jack-O-Latern face onto the pumpkin or leave it as is. Use leftover marbled paper for the stem.

4 pumpkin Jack-o-latern artworks by kids.

Tips

CAN MAKE A TEMPLATE – We like to draw unique pumpkins with kids, but you can make a simple pumpkin template if needed.
DON’T OVERMIX – The more you swirl the shaving cream and paint, the more the paint mixes and becomes one color.
SHAVING CREAM – don’t buy shaving cream with gel in it. Basic, plain old shaving cream is what you need.