Marbling Paper With Food Coloring And Oil

Let s get creative and fun in this marbling with oil crafts.

Marbling paper with food coloring and oil.

We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go. The first time we worked on this we did it outside. It s messy but worth it. Kai enjoyed mixing the pans of water oil and coloring but then i m pretty sure that he would have enjoyed it just as much on a small scale like a small bowl or maybe even in a jar.

It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have. Sep 3 2019 marbling with oil and food coloring is one of the easiest ways to marble paper and it uses materials you likely already have at home. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. The idea that you could transfer a swirly pattern of colours onto a piece of paper just by pressing the paper into a pan of shaving cream kind of perplexed me.

Paper crafts are always fun but when i first heard about marbling with shaving cream and food colour i was skeptical. Liquid watercolors or food coloring. Vegetable oil we also experimented with baby oil little bowls for individual colors. Spoons for stirring mixing the colors.

We also used some little condiment cups with lids to mix our oil and food coloring but you could use any container with a lid. All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper. Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful. Apr 17 2018 marbling with oil and food coloring is one of the easiest ways to marble paper and it uses materials you likely already have at home.

The shaving foam not cream method is one of the easiest least expensive and most kid friendly methods of marbleizing paper. I had to try it to find out. My four year old and i tried a pinterest inspired paper marbling technique using food dye and cooking oil. Food coloring and oil.