Our children have been very excited to try this technique.  Add a bit of a personal touch to your school notebooks this year!

Materials

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Craft tray
  • Shaving foam 
  • Liquid watercolour (You can use other forms of paint, we have found this one is quite effective and vibrant.)
  • Spatula
  • Old butter knife (you could use a popsicle stick or tongue depressor too)
  • Scraping tool (we used a ruler, but you could use a popsicle stick or tongue depressor too)
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Washi (paper) tape
  • Cardstock
  • Coil ring notebook
  • Labeller (optional)
  • Cloths for clean-up (this would be a great craft to do outside!)
  • Smock

Directions

  • Don your smock to protect your clothes.
  • Spray shaving foam to the approximately the size of your paper.

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Smooth out your surface.  We used a spatula.

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Apply droplets of your concentrated liquid watercolour.  If your child is little you may want to put it in small containers and give them a eye dropper to apply it to the foam.  The brand we used has a lid that makes droplets easy.

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Take your knife and pull lines down through the foam.  (You could experiment with other formations as well.)

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Gently apply your paper to the foam/paint.  Peel it off carefully.

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Scrape your ruler across the paper.  Initially your child may need a bit of assistance with this, but once they get the hang of it, it will be easier.  Wash or wipe off your ruler.

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • Allow your project to dry overnight.
  • Glue it to your notebook cover and cut off any excess edges. (Flip to the inside to make this easy, using the cover as your cutting line.)
  • We sewed around the edges to create a bit of detail and then added some Washi tape as well.
  • Label with the class, year and your name.

Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts and activities for kids)

  • If you have extras or scraps from cutting the edges, why not punch a hole in the top, loop through some ribbon and make a bookmark!  (We laminated ours for longevity.)

Purpose

  • Getting engaged in school related activities
  • Experimenting with different techniques

Safety Notes

  • As shaving cream is in a pressurized can, exercise care and supervise your child directly in using it.
  • Use scissors with care.
  • A sewing machine should be used by an adult (if you add this detail).
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