Marbling Paper With Vegetable Oil

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.

Marbling paper with vegetable oil. 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 still love marbling paper with shaving cream but the effect is completely different with oil. Blend a tablespoon of vegetable oil.

It s one of the easiest ways to marble paper with kids and uses materials you likely already have. We purposely left ours in there a few hours our toddler loved dunking the paper in the water. In anticipation for this visit we made lists of possible crafts and paper marbling appeared on both lists. We used baby oil in addition to vegetable oil and discovered that no matter what oil it still repels against water.

Marbling with oil and food coloring is beautiful. If you used different oils did you notice a difference. Lift the paper to reveal your marbled paper. The first time we worked on this we did it outside.

Also see if you can find the hidden mickey. Having the best oil paints can make creating these easier. We used mead s academie wirebound sketch diary paper. 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.

It s messy but worth it. Learn how to make marble paper. But it was a long fun day.