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DIY Shaving Cream Art Cards

This paint & shaving cream craft is so much fun for the whole family. The amazing marbling technique creates such fun designs that are perfect for easy and cheap Christmas and birthday cards.

Christmas tree card with blue and purple watercolor background.

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Children of all ages will love making these shaving cream artworks. The best part is that you can’t do it wrong. Just have fun and be creative when doing marbling crafts!

You can also use similar steps to dye Easter eggs using shaving cream (or cool whip).

Recommended Supplies

  • Shaving Cream: the cheapest will work
  • Heavy White Drawing Paper or Premade Cards
  • Cookie Sheet (or surface to work on)
  • Food Coloring or Liquid Watercolors
  • Toothpick
  • Cardboard Scraper
  • Optional: Gold Paint Markers, Black Marker or Painter’s Tape
food coloring, shaving cream, painter's tape white cards, toothpicks on table.
We used blue food coloring and purple watercolor paint for our design. The red and blue food coloring did not mix to make a nice purple.

Card Design Options

Here are two different DIY card options you could try. You can modify these designs to fit your needs. Instead of taping out a Christmas tree try a simple birthday candle.

  • Christmas Tree Design with Painter’s Tape
  • Merry Design with Gold Paint Marker

How To Make Shaving Cream Marble Paint Cards

Before You Begin (Optional)

Tape out a design if you would like something to stay white. For example, we taped out a Christmas tree before starting the marbling art.

3 white cards with blue painter's tape Christmas trees.

Step 1: Put Shaving Cream On Cookie Sheet or Tray

Spray a light layer of shaving cream larger than the paper or card you are printing. You can use a spatula or your piece of cardboard to help smooth it out to a light layer.

No need to fill the whole tray. Especially because we like to experiment with different color schemes and it is easier to rinse and repeat if you have less to clean.

shaving cream on cookie sheet.

Step 2: Add Color

Add a few drops of food coloring or liquid watercolor to the shaving cream. You can even water down watercolor paint from a palette and spray from the brush into the mixture.

finger spraying watercolor paint on shaving cream.

Step 3: Swirl Colors Around

Mix colors around, but don’t overdo it because you will not get a variety of colors.

hand using toothpick to swirl blue and purple paint in shaving cream.

Step 4: Place The Card On The Shaving Cream Mixture

Print shaving cream colors by placing the card down in color and gently rubbing the back.

hand pushing paper into colored shaving cream.

Step 5: Pull Card Off

hand pulling shaving cream printed paper up.

Step 6: Scrap With Cardboard

Hold the paper with one hand and use the other to carefully scrape off the shaving cream paint.

hand holding cardboard and scraping blue and purple shaving cream off.

Step 7: Let Dry

card drying next to shaving cream paint.

Step 8: Remove Painter’s Tape

blue painter's tape partially peeled up on blue and purple paper.

Step 9: Add Tree Details

You can outline with a gold paint marker and add a few other details with a permanent marker pen. Keeping your design sketchy will make it easier to not be perfect, but still, look modern.

3 different Christmas cards made with shaving cream and paint.
The middle card did not have a taped design. A gold paint marker was applied on top of the shaving cream printed paper.

Craft FAQs

Can you create marble shaving cream with acrylic paint?

Yes, any water-based paint should work. You may need to dilute the acrylic paint to help it mix with the shaving cream before printing.

Does food coloring or watercolor paint work better?

Liquid watercolor paint will give you the most vibrant and fun colors. As always, try to use colors that will mix well together to avoid getting a mucky brown mess.

How can kids design?

Children of all ages can help with these cards. They will love designing their own tree with the paint markers.

How many colors can add to shaving cream?

You can marble as many as you want. However, if you add too many colors they may end up mixing together too much to create a brownish color instead of nice vibrant colors.

What brand of liquid watercolors is the best?

Sax Liquid watercolor paints are great because they come in a variety of vibrant colors. You can dilute them for different shades and they will last you a long time. Just be careful because they are very concentrated and can stain hands and clothes if they are not diluted.

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DIY Shaving Cream Art Christmas Cards

Learn how to make marble shaving cream art.
Print Tutorial
Christmas tree card with purple and blue shaving cream art background.
Prep:2 minutes
Active Time:10 minutes
Total Time:12 minutes

Equipment

  • Toothpick
  • Cookie Sheet or surface to work
  • Cardboard Scraper

Supplies

Optional

Instructions

Before You Begin

  • Decide on your design. Tape out anything on the card that you wnat to be white.

How To Make Shaving Cream Art

  • Spray a light layer of shaving cream larger than the paper or card you are printing. Use a spatula or your piece of cardboard to help smooth it out to a light layer.
  • Add a few drops of food coloring or liquid watercolor to the shaving cream.
  • Swirl colors around with a toothpick fo fork.
  • Print shaving cream colors by placing the card down in color and gently rubbing the back.
  • Pull the card up carefully.
  • Scrape the shaving cream paint mixture off the card with a piece of cardboard.
  • Let dry.

Optional Designs

  • Remove painter's tape.
  • Add extra drawings with paint marker or pens.

Notes

  • Acrylic paint can also work to make shaving cream art. You just made need to dilute it a little to get the look you want.
  • Don’t overmix the shaving cream and paint. You want to see the marble look.
  • You can use as many colors as your want. Just be careful to not use so many that they will not mix well together.
  • You can print from the same mixture a few times before needing to add more color.
  • If there is a spot that you would like more marble paint on, just reprint that area.
Author: Erin Nutter
Cost: under $5

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