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Preschool Space Craft: Marbled Planets Art

I love how the different atmosphere’s of the planets give them all a different marbled look about them. Our creative preschool buddies are focusing on a space and solar system theme this week and I decided it would be fun to focus on my love for the colored planets and create a preschool space craft with my daughter. We used a popular marbled shaving cream painting method to make this beautiful Marbled Planets Art. 



HOW TO MAKE MARBLED PLANETS ART

Supplies you will need:
  • black and white cardstock paper (12-inch by 12-inch size)
  • acrylic paint in several colors
  • shaving cream
  • 3 foil containers (we found ours at Dollar Tree $1 for a pack of 4)
  • rubber spatula
  • toothpicks
  • squeegee 
  • gold glitter glue
  • sponge brush or paint brush
  • glue stick
Directions:
1. Start by cutting 3 different sized circle shapes from your white cardstock paper. I used different sized cups and containers to trace my circles.

2. Squirt shaving cream into your foil containers, enough to fill the bottom of the pans. Use your rubber spatula to spread the shaving cream out evenly and make it as smooth as you can.

3. Squirt various colors of acrylic paint onto your shaving cream. We do lines in various directions. Use your toothpick to make lines up and down, side to side and diagonally to create a marbled look in your paint.


4. Press your circle down into the paint and lightly rub all over the circle to get the shaving cream to stick to the entire circle. Carefully remove the circle from the paint and let it sit for 1-2 minutes. Use your squeegee to remove the shaving cream from your circle. You are left with a beautiful marbled planet.

5. Glue your planets onto your black cardstock paper.

6. Finish your art by painting some gold glitter all over your the black part of your paper. The gold glitter glue adds a bit of shine and the glitter makes it looks like little stars.
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This post is part of a collaborative preschool series where five bloggers and myself have joined together to bring you fun crafts and activities based on a common preschool learning theme. This week we are sharing ideas focused on space and solar system.

Check out more space and solar system crafts and activities from our creative preschool buddies:
Pie Plate Solar System | Pink Stripey Socks
Investigating Saturn’s Rings | Hand Made Kids Art
Puffy Paint Solar System Window Art | School Time Snippets
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Comments

  2. I love these planets! If you can believe it we have only painted with shaving cream once…and it was years ago! I am pinning this for our Outer Space week…thanks friend!

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  7. I you do this with a class, how many can you make until you have to make another batch? I need to know how many cans of shaving cream I would need for a class of 20.

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    • We usually only use the batch twice and then remake it. After two times the marbling effect doesn’t turn out great at all.

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  8. This looks lovely! Are you able to dip more than one piece of paper at a time or do you have to redo the pie tin each time someone puts their paper in it? I am thinking of trying this with a class of 10. Thanks so much!

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    • Hi Jessica, Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you! We usually use the pan for two and then remake it. After two, the marbled pattern isn’t that great. Hope that is helpful!

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