Marbling Paper With Oil And Food Coloring

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.

Marbling paper with oil and food coloring.

Vegetable oil we also experimented with baby oil little bowls for individual colors. Spoons for stirring mixing the colors. Let s get creative and fun in this marbling with oil crafts. Paper crafts are always fun but when i first heard about marbling with shaving cream and food colour i was skeptical.

Food coloring and oil. We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go. 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.

Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful. 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. We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil.

Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have. Was the result 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.

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. It s messy but worth it. 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. I had to try it to find out.