Two Unbaked Cakes: Tye Dye DIY...for Paper

Ignore the terrible shadow!

This is a very simple, but messy project. The results can be real cool! And the kids just love it. Of course, I am a bit of a paper freak. It's the scrap booking thing. I can't help myself.

You will need:

A can of shaving cream- Go cheap. I got a huge can at the dollar store.

Food Coloring or some paint- I have used both. My opinion; the food coloring makes for a prettier result, the washable kiddie paint is sooo much easier to clean up. Food colors WILL stain.

Card stock (again, makes for a prettier outcome) or Index Cards- The index cards worked well with the kids because they could do more.

I just used some pie plates for the index cards. When we made larger sheets we used pizza pans. Just squirt and spread. They loved it. We talked about the texture of the shaving cream while trying to smooth it out.

There's something cool about just squirting it on the plate-

I filled a big bowl with water to dip hands in before swirling in the colors.

We placed a few drops of food coloring...or a teaspoon of paint...and swirled it in with the opposite end of a paint brush. Then take your paper and press it flat into the concoction. I couldn't get a picture of this next step because I was a mess at this point... When you lift the paper out, take a ruler or something with a flat edge to scrap off the shaving cream.