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Marbled Shaving Cream Art: Candy Canes

By Asia Citro Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Every time I see a Marbled Shaving Cream Art post I think - we NEED to try that!  The marbling is always soooo beautiful.  Well Christmas seemed like the perfect holiday to finally give it a try.  I was trying to decide what Christmas item we were going to marble, when I remembered how beautifully Play Create Explore's Marbled Zebra Art turned out.  Between that and the fact that we've been feeling the candy cane theme around here (we made Candy Cane Foam Dough the other day and there are more candy cane activities to come next week), the candy cane seemed like an easy and beautiful choice. This art project is SO easy, and then of course, there's an added sensory component - what's not to love, right?  I took a shallow tray and sprayed a layer of shaving cream across it.  Then I made stripes with some red liquid watercolors (you could use food coloring, but you would probably want to do a few drops and spread it around like Play Create Explore did).  S decided to try the stripes as they were for her first candy cane. After pressing it completely into the shaving cream, just peel it up. This is what it looked like.  We let it sit for a few minutes while S finished making the other three prints. After the first go, she decided to try swirling the colors in between each candy cane. Once she was done making prints on each of the four candy canes (to make them, I just folded some watercolor paper in half and cut the shape of a candy cane - so I got two candy canes per sheet), I used the handle of a plastic knife to scrape the excess off.  Anything flat will work.  It's amazing to see the gorgeous patterning revealed!  Aren't they each so unique and pretty? And of course, once you're done with the art, you can just play around in the shaving cream!  X was too little to understand how to make the candy canes, but he LOVES to play in shaving cream.  (Please be sure your child is old enough to understand NOT to taste or touch their eyes before allowing them to play with shaving cream) All in all, a fun and beautiful art project with some excellent sensory play mixed in!