It's springtime so, naturally, we're a little obsessed with rainbows and color.
I've also been desperately trying to find easy crafts that I already have the supplies for to keep my 4 year old busy.
In comes Marbled Milk Painting to save the day!
Materials needed:
Milk (I use almond milk)
Dish soap
Q Tips or Toothpicks
Food coloring
Watercolor paper (Unfortunately, we did not have watercolor paper so I used regular ol' computer paper which didn't turn out quite as pretty)
Tray/Shallow dish
Step 1: Cut your watercolor paper to a size that easily fits in your dish/tray. (Keep the trimmed paper nearby, you'll want to work quickly once the colors are swirled!)
Step 2: Pour roughly 3 - 5 tablespoons of milk into the dish. (Enough milk that a thin layer covers the bottom of the dish.)
Step 3: Add drops of different colors of food dye in the milk around the dish.
Step 4: Add drops of dish soap around the food coloring. The dish soap will start interacting with the colors!
Step 5: Use a Q Tip or toothpick to start swirling the colors.
Step 6: Before the colors get too mixed together (like above...) dip one of the sheets of paper into the colors. Press gently. Lift and set aside to dry. Repeat!
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We're going to do this again with watercolor paper - it will definitely turn out even more pretty! |