Students can tilt the box and use gravity to roll their marbles or roll them using a spoon.
Marble painting planets.
I would recommend getting those cheap gloves to do this though as it stains fingers especially if you use food coloring yikes.
If you re really adventurous try bouncing.
Some kids wanted me to hang up their planet like uranus where the rings are more up and down rather than side to side because they liked saying they made the planet that.
It s a simple and easy art project that will excite your kiddos.
I like how the marble painting makes it look like swirling gases and clouds.
Experiment with several marbles at once and see how they interact to create unique patterns.
May 16 2015 replicate the surface of planets with this preschool space craft using a unique marbled painting technique to create this beautiful artwork.
When the marbled paper is completely dry cut out some planet shapes.
Display children s art in an area where they can easily see it.
What make it more fun is that each planet looks different from the next you never know what design will show up when you pull your paper out of the paint.
Every time i introduce marble painting to a group of preschoolers i change the process a bit.
Provide the student with different colored paints and marbles to make their planet.
Rockin and rollin repeat steps 1 4 with a few more colors of paint to create your masterpiece.
This planet craft is a lot of fun for preschoolers and older kids too.
The marbled planets among the stars inspired my daughter and i when we were creating this preschool space craft.
You could draw round a small saucer cup jar lid or a bottle top as a guide for different sizes.
As you might have guessed we have been exploring marbles and you just can t explore marbles without including a little marble painting in your planning.
After doing our marbled shaving cream paper the other day we decided to make a marbled earth craft for earth day.
Before starting with new colours you can lift excess paint from the tray using a piece of scrap paper to clean the surface.
You can do an abstract collage or a picture composition like we did in this snowy day collage we marble painted various colored sheets of paper with white paint and then cut the painted sheets into shapes to make a winter themed collage.
Allow the circles to dry and tape the rings on to make them look like planets.
Drop the paint colored marble into the box on top of the paper and roll it around to create lines and swirls.
Painting with marbles is a fun and engaging process.
Glue the planets onto a black paper plate.
When the paint was dry i added the rings and displayed the planets in our dramatic play area.
