Marble Painting With Milk

A fun experiment would be to compare the results with different types of milk.

Marble painting with milk.

Milk paint is always non toxic which is a huge bonus. So our first milk paint project was giving an old dresser a makeover. Every time i introduce marble painting to a group of preschoolers i change the process a bit. Milk paint comes in powder form so you mix it with water.

Each piece will be a very unique marbled piece of art with no two alike. Cut a piece of 8 1 2 x 11 piece of paper in quarters and place each piece face down lightly in the colored milk and let dry. Try different milk types we have used almond and cow s milk for this experiment and both worked well. Almond cow rice coconut.

You can use any type of milk but cow s milk may result in a sour smell so we d recommend sticking with almond 2. This dresser was given to us from my aunt and uncle and it easily dated back to the 1950s. One of the most popular posts here on babble dabble do has been milk painting and i can see why the process makes really wild and beautiful designs. 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.

When i originally brought milk painting to school as a science project my friend theresa suggested dipping paper in the milk to see if we could transfer the design and preserve it. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. Rainbow milk marbled paper art is such a cool kids craft activity and it is great as it really is science meets art.

If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. How to water marble with acrylic paint. Yes there is a difference between the two. The higher the fat content of the milk the more pronounced the explosions should be.

Painting with marbles is a fun and engaging process. Make sure not to push the paper too far into the milk and soak think of it as laying the paper on top of the milk.