Marbling Paper With Oil And Food Coloring

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

Marbling paper with oil and food coloring.

Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. Liquid watercolors or food coloring. Food coloring and oil. 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. 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. Paper crafts are always fun but when i first heard about marbling with shaving cream and food colour i was skeptical. It s messy but worth it.

All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper. 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. My four year old and i tried a pinterest inspired paper marbling technique using food dye and cooking oil. Spoons for stirring mixing the colors.

The first time we worked on this we did it outside. It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have. And because it uses foam instead of water there s less chance of your pigment settling to the bottom of the pan. We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil.

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. Was the result worth it. We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go. 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.