Marble Painting With Milk

This dresser was given to us from my aunt and uncle and it easily dated back to the 1950s.

Marble painting with milk.

You can use any type of milk but cow s milk may result in a sour smell so we d recommend sticking with almond 2. Try different milk types we have used almond and cow s milk for this experiment and both worked well. Milk paint comes in powder form so you mix it with water. Make sure not to push the paper too far into the milk and soak think of it as laying the paper on top of the milk.

Almond cow rice coconut. Milk paint is always non toxic which is a huge bonus. When i originally brought milk painting to school as a science project my friend theresa suggested dipping paper in the milk to see if we could transfer the design and preserve it. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer.

If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. Yes there is a difference between the two. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. How to water marble with acrylic paint.

Every time i introduce marble painting to a group of preschoolers i change the process a bit. A fun experiment would be to compare the results with different types of milk. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. Painting with marbles is a fun and engaging process.

Rainbow milk marbled paper art is such a cool kids craft activity and it is great as it really is science meets art. One of the most popular posts here on babble dabble do has been milk painting and i can see why the process makes really wild and beautiful designs. Each piece will be a very unique marbled piece of art with no two alike. Cut a piece of 8 1 2 x 11 piece of paper in quarters and place each piece face down lightly in the colored milk and let dry.

So our first milk paint project was giving an old dresser a makeover. Pour a 1 2 inch layer of almond milk into a casserole dish.