Marbled Paper

“Fancy” paper comes home. Play with colors & textures, then use your dried masterpieces for cards to send to family and friends.

Materials

• An old cake pan (or other pan with rimmed edges)

• Small bowls or cups for mixing the paint

• Eye droppers

• Forks or popsicle sticks

• Liquid watercolors or food coloring

• Vegetable oil

• White paper

Directions

• Mix 1/2 tsp oil with 1 tsp liquid watercolor in each bowl. Whisk well to combine

• Fill the bottom of the pan with 1/2 inch water

• Using eyedropper, squeeze a few drops of paint into the pan

• Place a piece of paper on top of water, remove once it’s absorbed color

• Set aside to dry

• Play with different color combinations

adapted from TinkerLab.com