Making Marbled Paper With Shaving Cream

Remove to a work surface.

Making marbled paper with shaving cream.

With the edge of a credit card scrape the shaving cream off the paper. Spray a layer of shaving cream on the bottom of a tray. Place a piece of paper on top of the shaving cream and press it down so all of it touches. Start by spraying shaving cream all over a cookie sheet.

This marbled paper craft is one i learned was when i was taking my art education class back in college. 2 use the back of a squeegee or you can use a ruler to spread the shaving cream out to a nice even layer. 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. Add drops of food coloring on top.

Today i ll show you how to make marbled paper with shaving cream and liquid watercolours. 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. The process is fascinating and really easy. I have a binder full of ideas and this is one i pulled out a while ago when we were making our marbled valentine hearts with shaving cream the kids had a blast the first time we did it and i wanted to make the cover for our kids art and activities binder for this school year.

Take a straw and make swirl designs making sure theres still white showing.