Marbling Paper With Shaving Foam

I had to try it to find out.

Marbling paper with shaving foam.

You can cut your paper into fun shapes such as hearts butterflies or easter eggs. In this activity we will scrape the foam off the paper to. Leave marbled paper to dry. Lay the paper onto the surface of the shaving foam.

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. Foaming shaving cream dollar tree plastic contai. Repeat the process with different colours added each layer of shaving foam will yield up to 5 prints depending on amount of paint used. I then used a pipette to stir everything together to form patterns.

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. Lift up your fabric from the corner and place it down on a paper towel. 2 use the back of a squeegee or you can use a ruler to spread the shaving cream out to a nice even layer. 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. This is one of our all time favorite art activities. I placed a layer of shaving foam in my glass bowl and squirted drops of ink onto the foam. German artist gerhard richter is well known for his abstract works.

Gently press down on the paper so that it comes in contact with the colors on the foam. In these paintings he scraped paint across the canvas. The paper should be smaller than the colored area of your shaving foam. It is a very quick easy project and a lovely way for children with adult supervision to experiment with colours and patterns.

Lift paper off and lay on a flat surface. The best easiest and cheapest diy marbled paper is done with shaving cream marbling. 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. Using a method i found online i tried marbling experiments using marbling ink and watered down acrylic paints with shaving foam.

Supplies needed and where to buy them. Underneath this top layer of paint richter sometimes paints a detailed composition which sometimes peeks through. You ll be able to see the pattern transferring onto the fabric from the back if your fabric isn t too thick.