Marbling Paper With Food Coloring And Oil

Paper crafts are always fun but when i first heard about marbling with shaving cream and food colour i was skeptical.

Marbling paper with food coloring and oil.

My four year old and i tried a pinterest inspired paper marbling technique using food dye and cooking oil. It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have. Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful. The first time we worked on this we did it outside.

We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go. Liquid watercolors or food coloring. 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. 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 also used some little condiment cups with lids to mix our oil and food coloring but you could use any container with a lid. Pour oil into little bowls it does not take much. Was the result worth it. Let s get creative and fun in this marbling with oil crafts.

And because it uses foam instead of water there s less chance of your pigment settling to the bottom of the pan. We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil. Food coloring and oil. I had to try it to find out.

It s messy but worth it. The shaving foam not cream method is one of the easiest least expensive and most kid friendly methods of marbleizing paper. 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. All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper.