Marbling Paper With Shaving Foam

Repeat the process with different colours added each layer of shaving foam will yield up to 5 prints depending on amount of paint used.

Marbling paper with shaving foam.

This is one of our all time favorite art activities. Foaming shaving cream dollar tree plastic contai. In this activity we will scrape the foam off the paper to. You can cut your paper into fun shapes such as hearts butterflies or easter eggs.

Leave marbled paper to dry. You ll be able to see the pattern transferring onto the fabric from the back if your fabric isn t too thick. The best easiest and cheapest diy marbled paper is done with shaving cream marbling. Scrape the foam off using a ruler starting at one narrow end with the ruler upright and a firm movement.

Cut paper to the desired size and shape. Paper crafts are always fun but when i first heard about marbling with shaving cream and food colour i was skeptical. Marbling with shaving foam this is a great alternative project to traditional marbling that uses everyday items that you have in the home shaving foam food colouring paper card etc. Lay the paper onto the surface of the shaving foam.

The paper should be smaller than the colored area of your shaving foam. 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. German artist gerhard richter is well known for his abstract works. Watch how to easily marble paper using shaving cream craft paint.

In these paintings he scraped paint across the canvas. Place your fabric right side down onto the shaving foam and use your hand to smooth out the fabric so that its all touching the shaving foam. 2 use the back of a squeegee or you can use a ruler to spread the shaving cream out to a nice even layer. The idea that you could transfer a swirly pattern of colours onto a piece of paper just by pressing the paper into a pan of shaving cream kind of perplexed me.

Supplies needed and where to buy them. I placed a layer of shaving foam in my glass bowl and squirted drops of ink onto the foam. I had to try it to find out. I then used a pipette to stir everything together to form patterns.

Lift up your fabric from the corner and place it down on a paper towel. Underneath this top layer of paint richter sometimes paints a detailed composition which sometimes peeks through. It is a very quick easy project and a lovely way for children with adult supervision to experiment with colours and patterns.