Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Kiddo Craft-o's: Shaving Cream

Ever done any marbelizing with shaving cream?? This craft is a blast for kiddo's. Here's what you need:

Shaving Cream
Disposable aluminum pans
Food coloring
spoon
craft sticks
straight piece of card board
Sheet of Aluminum foil (bigger than the piece of paper)
plain white paper

~Cut paper to a size small enough to fit into the pan.
~Lay out the sheet of aluminum foil
~Fill the pan with shaving cream and smooth it out flat with the spoon. 
~Drop several different colored drops of food coloring onto the cream (you need only 2 or 3 drops per color).
~Using the craft sticks, swirl around the shaving cream until you make a pattern that you like.
~Press the paper (lightly) down onto the color pattern and leave it there for 10 seconds.
~Pull the paper off and set it down on the sheet of aluminum foil, shaving cream side up.
~Use the cardboard to scrape the remaining shaving cream off the paper and either save it for further use or toss it, mood depending. :-) 
~The marbelized cream should last at least 4 or 5 times, then you'll either want to add more drops or get new cream.
**My most important tip for this craft is to make sure the children understand that they are playing with Shaving Cream and NOT Whipped Cream. :-) 
**I used some Neon food coloring I found at Hannaford....never seen it before but the kiddo's loved the colors!!


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6 comments:

  1. Fun...I've never actually done this with my girls. I really ought to.

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  2. What a fun idea! We'll have to try this!

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  3. oohhh! What a great idea! My daughter would LOVE this!!

    I'd love to have you join my Friday link party if you are interested.

    Ashley

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  4. Could you possibly use the shaving cream as fake icing and place in the icing press?

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  5. Oh my! This is indeed "Marvelously Messy" - brilliant. Sooo many new craft ideas to try with mine... can't wait!

    And thank you so much for linking up! Much appreciated!

    Hope to see you at Kids Get Crafty again next week :-)

    Maggy
    Red Ted Art
    http://www.redtedart.com/?p=3056

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