Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much.
Marbling paper with food coloring and oil.
Food coloring and oil.
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.
My four year old and i tried a pinterest inspired paper marbling technique using food dye and cooking oil.
Liquid watercolors or food coloring.
Spoons for stirring mixing the 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.
Was the result worth it.
Paper crafts are always fun but when i first heard about marbling with shaving cream and food colour i was skeptical.
Let s get creative and fun in this marbling with oil crafts.
We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go.
I had to try it to find out.
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.
It s messy but worth it.
It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have.
The first time we worked on this we did it outside.
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.
We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil.
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.