We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go.
Marbling with oil and food coloring.
All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper.
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.
Put a few drops of either watercolor or food coloring in each bowl.
It s messy but worth it.
Use an easy two step process to make marbleized easter eggs using oil vinegar and food colouring.
And my kids loved taking their time placing the food coloring oil in the water so definitely be aware of how much water you place in the pan.
Fill the pie dish with an inch of water.
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.
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The first time we worked on this we did it outside.
Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much.
You just dip your eggs in food colouring and water to dye them and then dip them again in an oil and coloured water solution to marble them.
Stir vigorously to be sure oil and color are mixed well as they can be.
Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful.
Use a dropper or spoon to transfer color and oil to a dish of water.
You can use one color or many.
We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil.
This is the one of the coolest ways to dye easter eggs.
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.
Was the result worth it.
It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have.
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.
Now have the kids take the dropper or gently pouring if you don t have a dropper and place drops of colors on top of the water.