Back to School: Personalize your Notebook with Marbling
Our children have been very excited to try this technique. Add a bit of a personal touch to your school notebooks this year!
you'll need Materials
- 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.
- Smooth out your surface. We used a spatula.
- 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.
- Take your knife and pull lines down through the foam. (You could experiment with other formations as well.)
- Gently apply your paper to the foam/paint. Peel it off carefully.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
