Marble Paper Art Project

Suddenly my cheap art project was looking a lot more expensive.

Marble paper art project.

We used watercolour paper for our project today but we ve also used white card stock and regular printer paper. Follow our art for kids pinterest board. In fact this is a great science project for the whole family. This marbled paper craft is one i learned was when i was taking my art education class back in college.

This is a quick fun card style to make you can use any re inkers you have in your stash and mix match with plain colors and beautiful metallic tones. 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. By leeann mckinney greetings crafty friends. Then use your marbled paper for cards gift wrap or place it in a frame for one of a kind art.

Finally i took a cue from my marbled drawer pulls and decided to frame some homemade marbled paper art. You can marbleize any kind of paper. Unfortunately most of the instructions i found online called for expensive dyes or paints something called alum and other specialized tools. I was watching youtube and came across this shaving cream ink marbling technique from ginak and just had to try it.

A trip down the rabbit hole of google showed me that there are multiple ways to paper marble we ve tried shaving cream marbling with much success but i was looking specifically for how to recreate the art of japanese paper marbling at home which involves using water and ink to create vibrant prints. A few weeks ago lucy and i had our first experience marbling paper we both were so enthralled with the activity that we ended up. 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. Marble paper science projects require adult supervision but they are super easy.

I have a binder full of ideas and this is one i pulled out a while ago when we were making our marbled valentine hearts with shaving cream the kids had a blast the first time we did it and i wanted to make the cover for our kids art and activities binder for this school year. The more colour swirls you have in your shaving cream the more marbled your paper will turn out. After seeing the excitement my daughter had when we recently marbled paper i searched high and low for other cool marbling projects for kids. Step by step instructions here abeautifulmess.

See more ideas about marble paper paper marbling techniques. Here are some of my favorites that i can t wait to try with my little ones. When you re happy with how swirled your colours are grab your paper. Once you understand the basics of paper marbling science experiment to find the method you like best.