Shaving Cream Marbling Art

Shaving cream art marbling is one of our favorite arts and crafts activities for preschoolers.

Shaving cream marbling art. Place a piece of paper on top of the shaving cream and press it down so all of it touches. Add in some colors to mix and swirl and it doesn t get much more fun than this. Level it out with a piece of cardboard as a scraper. Press a blank piece of paper into the shaving cream.

If you ve been following us for a while you know we love all things rainbow so today i m so excited to show you a. Scroll all the way down to watch the video below to see how to create this colorful rainbow shaving cream marbled art make sure to subscribe to our youtube channel for more fun videos. Rainbow shaving cream marbled art follow us on instagram for more fun ideas for kids. Layer about 1 inch of shaving cream onto a paper dish.

As you can see we had about as much fun with the clean up as we did the process of marbling. The great thing about making these sweet marbled hearts is the children can pick whatever color combination they want. Beautiful one of a kind marbled prints. The art process is very easy and the result is always beautiful.

Carefully lift up one corner and set aside. 2 use the back of a squeegee or you can use a ruler to spread the shaving cream out to a nice even layer. You simply press a piece of paper into shaving cream swirled with liquid watercolours and the colours and patterns are transferred to the paper making it look marbleized. This is one of our all time favorite art activities.

Then using the back of the brush or a pointed stick or tooth pick. They have a fun sensory experience as well as end up with lovely preschool valentines cards. We made several batches of shaving cream marbled paper. Use water based paint.

Spray a layer of shaving cream on the bottom of a tray. Shaving cream paper marbling makes for a beautiful clean up. Take a straw and make swirl designs making sure theres still white showing. Today i ll show you how to make marbled paper with shaving cream and liquid watercolours.

Use different compositions like concentric circles stripes half moons etc. Use a craft stick to gently swirl the food coloring into the shaving cream. Start by spraying shaving cream all over a cookie sheet. The process is fascinating and really easy.

With the edge of a credit card scrape the shaving cream off the paper. Apply a small amount of shaving cream to the pan or use wax paper so that you can make a layer that is a little wider than your cardstock sheet and about 1 4 1 25 cm thick. The best easiest and cheapest diy marbled paper is done with shaving cream marbling. Then take 3 4 colors of acrylic paint and put drops all over.

Shaving cream is an awesome tactile experience. Remove to a work surface. I became a huge fan of shaving cream art when i worked in a preschool years ago watching all the kids eyes light up was absolutely worth the mess notice i put mess in quotes that s because even though it looks messy it s one of the easiest projects to clean up. Paint directly on top of the shaving cream.