Shaving Cream Marble Painting

I'm from the land of rain. Greater Vancouver. Raincouver. The Wet Coast. Clearly, Mother Nature didn't get the memo this year. We've had more snow this winter than I can remember. It snowed buckets in December, January, February and even snowed today!  I'm not a snow person, unless it's on the mountains. If I want snow, I drive to it. So, with this crazy weather, we've been a little 'cooped up'. Today, I was a little fed up with the usual colouring, paw patrol, trains and lego. Off to Pinterest land I went and was quickly reminded of one of my favourite activities. Shaving cream painting!

Cooper is still a little young to understand the full concept of it but we got a couple good pieces out of it and he had a blast. He's asked me multiple times tonight to foam paint.

Shaving Cream Marble Painting

Tools

• Shaving cream (I use the cheapest foamy shaving cream I can find)
• Spatula
• Paper (either cardstock or watercolour papar)
• Container (I use a baking pan)
• Paint (or food colouring, watercolour paints etc)
• Stick (Paintbrush, dowel, straw or the back of a spoon)
• Scraper (I used a wooden tong but any flat surfaced object would work)
• Paper towel or a washcloth (For the kiddos mucky hands)

Instructions

First, clear an area aside. I was painting with a toddler, so I made sure that NOTHING was in the area that he could get his painted hands onto. 

Spray the shaving cream into the pan and spread it out evenly with a spatula. The kids could do this part. Cooper tried but he didn't have enough strength to push the top of the shaving cream.

Drop the paint onto the surface of the shaving cream. You could do as little or as much of the paint as you're wanting. Due to the shaving cream, a little does go a long way.

This is the fun part. Use your stick to mix the colours. lines or circles. There really is no wrong way.

Place the paper into the design and push down gently. You want to make sure that all pieces of the paper have touched the shaving cream.

Next pick up your paper and use the scraper to scrape off all the shaving cream.

Voila! You're done. You can re-use the same mixture to create another image, add more colours to it or start fresh with a new design!

After a couple of designs Cooper decided that he had enough of his stick and just mashed it all into one big grey mess. So now came the second fun part. Paint foam in the shower. Fastest way to get him clean and also a bonus that I had time to clean up and even finish my cold coffee.

Once these are dry you can use them for all kinds of other crafts. I'll be using mine for another project. So stay tuned!

-The Cooped up Mom