Marbling Paper With Oil And 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 paper with oil and food coloring. Spoons for stirring mixing the colors. Was the result worth it. 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.

All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper. 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. Let s get creative and fun in this marbling with oil crafts.

It s messy but worth it. 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 with oil and food coloring is beautiful. 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. Paper crafts are always fun but when i first heard about marbling with shaving cream and food colour i was skeptical. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go.

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