Marble Painting With Milk

Milk paint comes in powder form so you mix it with water.

Marble painting with milk.

Painting with marbles is a fun and engaging process. Try different milk types we have used almond and cow s milk for this experiment and both worked well. Pour a 1 2 inch layer of almond milk into a casserole dish. Yes there is a difference between the two.

If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors. This dresser was given to us from my aunt and uncle and it easily dated back to the 1950s. 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. Cut a piece of 8 1 2 x 11 piece of paper in quarters and place each piece face down lightly in the colored milk and let dry.

A fun experiment would be to compare the results with different types of milk. So our first milk paint project was giving an old dresser a makeover. As you might have guessed we have been exploring marbles and you just can t explore marbles without including a little marble painting in your planning. How to water marble with acrylic paint.

It is a classic kid s science activity rainbow milk fireworks with the added process art activity of marbling paper. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. Each piece will be a very unique marbled piece of art with no two alike. 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.

Rainbow milk marbled paper art is such a cool kids craft activity and it is great as it really is science meets art. Every time i introduce marble painting to a group of preschoolers i change the process a bit. Almond cow rice coconut. The higher the fat content of the milk the more pronounced the explosions should be.

To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer. Make sure not to push the paper too far into the milk and soak think of it as laying the paper on top of the milk.