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Shaving cream prints

April 12th, 2012 | 10 Comments

Everyone has done it online, we are probably the last ones to do it, but we thought we’d post our experience and results anyways
2 days before Valentines Day we got inspired by The Chocolate Muffin Tree to do some shaving cream prints. Hers we so bright and well done I thought I would give it a try.

Nico was a little weirded out by it (Alex uses an electric razor so no shaving cream involved) but quickly took over the can and pressed really hard (it was actually hard for me).

Since I didn’t have liquid watercolors, didn’t think of watering down the paint or using food coloring at the time, I used acrylic paint. I had read the post 2 days before and was stunned by the result and totally forgot about what she had used exactly, lol.

So we squeezed out the acrylic paint colors Nico had chosen. He loved that part, he could have gone on all day just doing that but I stopped him.

I gave him a skewer stick to swirl up the paint, I showed him and let him go at it. He didn’t want to stop that either, lol. He had to or we would’ve ended up with brown muck.

Here is the results of that… pretty!

Then I put the paper on it and had him gently push down on it.

Then we pulled it up slowly.

I scraped the excess off with a piece of cardboard (which had little pricks and that explains the little lines) and we got our first of MANY prints! He was so quick at it, the first one was the only one we had time to take a pic of! The longer you leave the shaving cream on, the darker the color were.

Eventually it turned into brown muck so we got rid of it and started new…. Check here to see what we did differently the second time around

If you do this, we’d LOVE to see a photo of it. Email it to us or post it on our Facebook page. We’d love to do a Facebook album, a Pinterest board and a page of your creations

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Written by Valérie

Valerie is the creative mind behind "Glittering Muffins", stay-at-home mom of Nico, a little dynamo that is bursting with energy. He also is the inspiration behind the blog (and the name) with his keen interest in cooking, baking and, well, glitter. Valerie constantly is thinking about twists to the traditional arts, crafts and recipes to make them her own and is inspiring others while doing so. Outside of the blogging world, her main activity is Nico, with the occasional TV show (non-toddler related) and casual game here and there.

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10 Responses to "Shaving cream prints"

MaryAnn F. Kohl, art book author and educator says:

April 12, 2012 at 06:05

I became re-inspired to try this, and will set up an art station at my next workshop (Moline, IN) with CCR&R of Southeastern Iowa in May. I’ll try to catch some pictures of the adults in action, many of them trying this project for the first time. Until then! And thanks for the inspiration.
~ MaryAnn

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1. Valérie says:
  
  April 12, 2012 at 09:37
  
  Thanks for the kind words MaryAnn. If you were inspired by this wait till you see tomorrow’s version of it Glad to have inspired you and please share back your results
  
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Hannah says:

April 12, 2012 at 13:34

uuhhh No not everyone has tried it.. I am kinda afraid of the mess LOL

I followed you from “Let the Children Play”. Here is my playtime activity:
http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2012/04/wonderfull-full-of-wonder-wednesday_11.html

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1. Valérie says:
  
  April 12, 2012 at 13:55
  
  Hannah, I was worried about it too, but it turned out ok. You saw the big pan I used (dollar store) that helped lots, short sleeves or rolled up or no shirt and it went well. Washed of his hands/forearms easy. I must admit Nico is not into making messes (never threw food either). Sitting at the table helped, on the floor he doesn’t know where to put his legs. Give it a shot, it’s fun
  I like your post, thanks for sharing
  
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jamie@[kreyv] says:

April 12, 2012 at 15:12

I love this! I’ve never seen it before. It looks like such a fun activity, and I like that it’s all contained since I’m kind of a neat freak! Thanks for sharing, visiting from the Mom Time-Out Linky Party.

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1. Valérie says:
  
  April 12, 2012 at 15:24
  
  Thanks Jamie! I loved that it’s contained too, working hard on not being such a clean freak myself, lol. Wait till you see tomorrow’s version of it if you do it please share back your results.
  
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Lauryn says:

April 13, 2012 at 02:04

this is awesome. i would LOVE for you to link this post or any other posts you want to my weekend link party http://lovenotesbylauryn.blogspot.com/2012/04/spread-love-link-party-6.html it opens at midnight tonight, hope to see you there!
{love} lauryn @ lovenotesbylauryn.blogspot.com

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Virginia says:

April 13, 2012 at 11:32

This is a great project. I love how your prints turned out!

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Saturday’s recap of the week | Glittering Muffins says:

April 14, 2012 at 06:02

[...] Tuesday: Tinkerlab Egg carton challenge Wednesday: Sweet memories… – Triple D baby! Thursday: Shaving cream prints Friday: Shaving cream prints with a glitter [...]

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Lori says:

April 15, 2012 at 23:44

Thanks for linking up to Thinky Linky Thursday! Thanks for the idea. I’ve pinned it. I am also a new follower!
Lori @ Cachey Mama’s Classroom

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