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.

Food coloring and oil. It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have. 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. 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.

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. Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful. Spoons for stirring mixing the colors. My four year old and i tried a pinterest inspired paper marbling technique using food dye and cooking oil.

Liquid watercolors or food coloring. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. Vegetable oil we also experimented with baby oil little bowls for individual colors. 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.

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. All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper. Was the result worth it. And because it uses foam instead of water there s less chance of your pigment settling to the bottom of the pan.

Paper crafts are always fun but when i first heard about marbling with shaving cream and food colour i was skeptical. It s messy but worth it. Let s get creative and fun in this marbling with oil crafts. I had to try it to find out.