We still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil.
Marbling paper with vegetable oil.
But it was a long fun day.
All you need is some vegetable oil some liquid food coloring a shallow tray or dish and some decently heavy paper.
We did this years ago when maia was 3 and it was past time to give it another go.
We used baby oil in addition to vegetable oil and discovered that no matter what oil it still repels against water.
Lift the paper to reveal your marbled paper.
It s messy but worth it.
Learn how to make marble paper.
The first time we worked on this we did it outside.
We used mead s academie wirebound sketch diary paper.
We d seen several methods but we had almost all the supplies to marble with oil paints so we decided to try that out first.
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.
Also see if you can find the hidden mickey.
It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have.
Put about 1 2 tablespoon of cooking oil into a small bowl.
In anticipation for this visit we made lists of possible crafts and paper marbling appeared on both lists.
Blend a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful.
If you used different oils did you notice a difference.
Paper you will want to use something a little thicker than regular paper.