Shaving Cream Earth Craft

Celebrate Earth Day with this fun and messy shaving cream craft!

Kids will love swirling colors to create a beautiful Earth design while exploring texture and creativity. A perfect addition to your Earth Day Activities!

This hands-on activity is a great way to spark conversations about our planet and the importance of taking care of it.

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It’s the perfect way to tie in the holiday to your Earth Day activities!

How Earth Looks From Moon

From the Moon, Earth appears as a bright, blue and white sphere suspended in the blackness of space.

Its swirling clouds, deep blue oceans, and varied landmasses stand out vividly.

Depending on the Moon’s position, Earth can be seen in different phases, similar to how we see the Moon from Earth.

The famous “Earthrise” photo, taken during the Apollo 8 mission, captures Earth partially rising over the lunar horizon, emphasizing its beauty and fragility.

Items Needed

Here are the materials you’ll need for this earth craft.

• Cardstock
• Small dining plate
• Red construction paper
• Heart shape cookie cutter – or heart can be drawn freehand
• Food coloring – green, light blue, and dark blue
• Shaving cream – foam NOT GEL
• Wood skewer
• Colorful paper – construction or printer paper
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Glue Stick
• Black or colored marker
• Small cooking sheet
• Piece of cardboard
• Wax paper

How to Make Earth Craft

Trace a small dining plate onto a piece of cardstock to create a circle for the Earth, then cut it out.

On red construction paper, trace a heart using a cookie cutter or draw one freehand, then cut it out.

Fill a small baking sheet with foam shaving cream and add drops of blue and green food coloring. Use a wooden skewer to swirl the colors.

Press the cardstock circle gently onto the shaving cream, then lift and place it on wax paper to dry without scraping off the excess. Repeat for additional Earth cutouts.

Let sit for 30 minutes, then use a piece of cardboard to scrape off the excess shaving cream.

Place the Earth back on the wax paper and allow it to dry overnight.Use a glue stick to attach the red heart to the center of the Earth.

Glue the finished Earth onto a colored piece of paper and write “Happy Earth Day.”

More Earth Crafts and Activities

Discover more creative Earth crafts and activities like this Earth craft that inspire kids to celebrate and care for our planet!

• Earth Day Science Experiment Craft
• No Mess Painting in a Bag Earth
• Childrens Books about the Environment
• Planet Earth Dirt Craft
• Earth Day Children’s Books
• Coffee Filter Planet Earth Day Craft
• Clay Craft for Earth Day
• Earth Handprint Craft

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More Earth Day Fun!

Earth Day is a time to reflect on the importance of environmental conservation, and what better way to do so than with engaging and educational printables designed just for kids?

• 5 Days of Earth Activities
• Earth Day Color by Coding
• Earth Day Yoga Cards
• The Earth Unit Study Ebook