Marbling Paper With Oil And Food Coloring

The first time we worked on this we did it outside.

Marbling paper with oil and food coloring.

It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have. My four year old and i tried a pinterest inspired paper marbling technique using food dye and cooking oil. Spoons for stirring mixing the colors. Liquid watercolors or food coloring.

Vegetable oil we also experimented with baby oil little bowls for individual colors. 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. Was the result worth it. We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go.

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

I had to try it to find out. 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. We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil. Let s get creative and fun in this marbling with oil crafts.

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. 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. 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.