Marbling Paper With Oil And Food Coloring

The shaving foam not cream method is one of the easiest least expensive and most kid friendly methods of marbleizing paper.

Marbling paper with oil and food coloring.

Vegetable oil we also experimented with baby oil little bowls for individual colors. I had to try it to find out. 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. It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have.

We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil. We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go. Food coloring and oil. Was the result worth it.

All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper. 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. Spoons for stirring mixing the colors. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much.

Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful. 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. Liquid watercolors or food coloring. And because it uses foam instead of water there s less chance of your pigment settling to the bottom of the pan.

My four year old and i tried a pinterest inspired paper marbling technique using food dye and cooking oil. The first time we worked on this we did it outside. 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. Let s get creative and fun in this marbling with oil crafts.