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Homemade Marbled Paper

April 4, 2015 by OneMommy

Looking for something new for the kids to try on a rainy day?  

This week we had lots of fun making our very own pastel-colored  DIY marbled paper made with shaving cream. 

You may also enjoy these spring crafts for tweens.  

how to make marbled paper with shaving cream

 

Kids of all ages will have fun creating colorful marbled paper.  

This is a craft even preschoolers and tweens will enjoy doing together.  

If you’re looking for more fun ideas for a rainy day, check out how to make your own mud paint.  

Homemade Marbled Paper

Materials Needed:

  • Shaving cream  (The dollar store is great for this!)
  • A shallow tray or cake pan
  • Liquid watercolor paints or food coloring
  • Eye dropper
  • White paper
  • Piece of straight cardboard or a squeegee

The first step is to cover the bottom of your tray/cake pan with shaving cream.  

The kids had fun spraying the shaving cream, and once they had most of the bottom of the pan covered, we used a straight piece of cardboard to spread it out a bit more and smooth it out.

Next, use the eye dropper to drip the watercolors or food coloring onto the shaving cream.

Now for some fun!

Swirl the colors into the shaving cream.  You cold use a finger; mine chose to use the end of a paintbrush to do this.  (Be careful not to mix it too much, or the colors will become a grey blob.)

shaving cream marbled paper

 

Once your colors are swirled, lay a piece of white paper on top and press down.

DIY marbled paper

 

Carefully peel the paper off of the shaving cream.

Run the straight piece of cardboard or squeegee across the paper to remove the excess shaving cream.  You will have to do several sweeps to get it all off.

The color will remain on the paper!

Allow the paper to dry.  We set ours on metal baking racks and it was dry in a few hours.

Once it is completely dry, you have beautiful marbled paper!

homemade marbled paper

 

We plan to use our paper to make pretty cards for family members this spring.

You could also use it as the background for another art project — using crayons to draw on it or cutting out magazine pictures to glue and making a collage.  Or, older kids might want to use it as stationery!

 

We found that you could make a second sheet of paper with the colors in the pan, but for best results (and more fun), it was better to start off with a fresh coat of shaving cream and color.

 

If your child likes this homemade marbled paper, they’ll also like:

  • Recycled Magazine Butterflies
  • Water Bottle Suncatcher
  • Cardboard Box Robots

 

 

Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: painting, shaving cream

Comments

  1. Laura at Mommy Maleta says

    April 6, 2015 at 10:01 pm

    What a fun project! Thx for linking it up at the Thoughtful Spot!

  2. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    April 7, 2015 at 2:14 am

    How pretty! I just love the marbled effect!

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