A couple weeks ago I showed you a few shaving cream paintings that I did, and last week while I was doing the project with my art campers I decided to photograph the process (which I had to do quickly since I had 20 kids anxious & excited for their turn to make their own!)

I started out with a tupperware container and added enough shaving cream to cover the bottom.

It looks messy because… it is a messy project, haha.  And there was paint everywhere from the first 15 kids who did it, but feel free to use a cleaner container!  Trays also work perfectly, and baking pans, etc.  Just use whatever you have =)

Next I smooth out the shaving cream to make a flat surface.  For this step (and a later step) I just use a firm piece of cardboard, but other tutorials suggested squeegees.  But I don’t have one, and the cardboard works just fine.

Once the shaving cream is smooth, use a paint brush to flick paints of different colors all over the surface Jackson Pollock style.  Go crazy.

Once you have that done, take the back of your paint brush or a toothpick or… anything really and swirl the paint around.  Try to go straight through the larger clumps of paint to break them up.  I’ve found that the kids will go crazy with this part, and that it’s important to go slowly and focus on swirling and not mixing.  If you mix it all together, it’s just going to turn into brown/gray shaving cream and not look very pretty.

Once it looks how you want it, press your piece of paper (any kind will work, but if it’s too thin it might get too damp) straight onto it and make sure that the entire sheet comes into contact with the shaving cream by gently and evenly pressing it down (but don’t squish it!)  Then peel it off and put it onto a hard surface.

Looks cool, right?!  Okay so then you take the cardboard or squeegee from before, hold down one side of the paper, and scrape off all the shaving cream.

It’s magic, I know.  I don’t understand how it works.

Here are a few more photos…

Woo!  Any questions?!  It’s a really quick & easy process, with awesome results.  Let me know if you try it out =)

Have a good week!