WOW! This is the COOLEST project! I just tried it and was surprised at how easy it was and how cool it looked when finished! Also the paper is dry when you wipe the shaving cream off! Yes, dry! So you can instantly make something with it! Go to this site for a step by step with photos:
https://artfulparent.com/shavi...-liquid-watercolors/
and from it I quote:
- You can do shaving cream marbling with just about any paints, not just liquid watercolors. We’ve done this with tempera paints, BioColors, food coloring, and acrylics. BioColors and liquid watercolors work especially well, though.
- Scraping the shaving cream off the paper right away is important. You don’t want to let the shaving cream soak into the paper. It’ll get gunky and stain the paper.
We're going to be using this as an art rotation on Noah in September.
Advice: If you use food coloring, have kids wear disposable plastic gloves. Put down disposable tablecloths. Don't stir too much or it makes the colors murky.
Here's a link to the history of marbling:
http://www.dharmatrading.com/marbling/history.html
I like that the Turkish version was called "cloud art" - to especially go with the shaving cream version ... and the story of Noah!
Shaving Cream Storytelling portion of Noah's Art -- I think we'll have the kids do the project a little at a time while telling the story ...
Clouds gathered = start adding shaving cream
Clouds = rain
Waters covered the earth = shaving cream covers the tray
Doesn't look like anything but a mess
But God made something good out of it, provided a rainbow promise = add food coloring and swirl!
We'll also be making bookmarkers, adding a dove punch or sticker, rainbow ribbon, and having the kids write the verse on it with a black sharpee marker. Since you can pull off multiple projects from one application, I'm thinking of having 2 kids work together and have each make 2, one to keep and one to give away to a new friend at school (and of course, share the verse and story).
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