We made colorful marbled paper with vegetable oil and now have a go at paper marbling with shaving cream. Mix up your own shaving cream paint from kitchen supplies and make DIY marbled paper at home or in the classroom. Art doesn’t have to be complicated or overly messy to share with children, and it doesn’t have to cost much. Make this fun and colorful marble paper for do-able art projects for kids.
HISTORY OF MARBLED PAPER
Marbling began in Japan around the twelfth century. It has been said that it was discovered by accident by someone who submerged sumi ink paintings in water, watched the inks float to the surface, put a piece of paper on the floating ink, lifted it up, and found it had made a new image. This technique was termed suminagashi, or “ink floating.”
Another type of marbling, Ebru, Turkish for “cloud art,” originated in Turkey, Persia, and India in the fifteenth century. The Turkish marblers used thickened water, similar to today’s marbling solutions.
Create your fun and colorful marbled paper using food coloring and shaving cream. Also, check out how to marble paper with vegetable oil.
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MARBLED PAPER WITH SHAVING CREAM
SUPPLIES:
- Shallow bowl/pan
- Card stock
- Shaving cream
- Food Coloring
- Piece of cardboard
- Pencil
INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1: Spray a layer of shaving cream into a bowl.
STEP 2: Randomly drop food coloring onto the shaving cream. Use several colors.
STEP 3: Stir the shaving cream a bit, dragging the pencil through each color but not mixing it thoroughly.
STEP 4: Place your paper on top of the shaving cream and press down evenly.
STEP 5: Lift the paper and scrape off the remaining shaving cream with another piece of card stock or cardboard.
STEP 6. Leave your marbled paper to dry.
MORE FUN THINGS TO DO WITH SHAVING CREAM
MAKE COLORFUL SHAVING CREAM MARBLING PAPER
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