We d seen several methods but we had almost all the supplies to marble with oil paints so we decided to try that out first.
Marbling paper with vegetable oil.
We used baby oil in addition to vegetable oil and discovered that no matter what oil it still repels against water.
Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful.
Water vegetable oil food coloring tray 3 containers directions.
We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil.
We purposely left ours in there a few hours our toddler loved dunking the paper in the water.
Blend a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
But it was a long fun day.
Also see if you can find the hidden mickey.
The first time we worked on this we did it outside.
Paper you will want to use something a little thicker than regular paper.
Lift the paper to reveal your marbled paper.
Learn how to make marble 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.
If you used different oils did you notice a difference.
Having the best oil paints can make creating these easier.
It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have.
All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper.
In anticipation for this visit we made lists of possible crafts and paper marbling appeared on both lists.
We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go.