Place marbles from one color into the container and roll around by moving the box from side to side etc.
Toddler with a marble box painting.
Place the paint into small cups and drop a few marbles in each color.
For this process art project you need four supplies.
Painting with marbles an art idea for toddlers and up that s a bit messy but great fun and the results are lovely.
Place a piece of paper into the bottom of the box.
For marble painting all you need is a cake pan piece of paper a few marbles and a few different paint colors.
Throw a marble in paint and let the kids roll it around.
3 prepare the paint.
Add some paint and the possibility of getting messy and those kids will have their eyes glued on you for more instructions.
Find a container for your paper.
Additional items that may be helpful include tape to make sure the paper sticks to the pan and doesn t slide around and saran wrap to cover the top of the pan and keep the paint covered marbles from flying out.
Drop the paint colored marble into the box on top of the paper and roll it around to create lines and swirls.
Steps 1 find a shaking container.
Start by dipping one marble in the paint and dropping it into your box.
2 place paper inside the container.
There goes the marble.
Lay the paper into the bottom of box.
Drop a marble into the cup and roll it around to cover it in paint.
One of the best ways to get and keep a preschool s attention is by providing an activity that is interactive exciting and stimulating.
Squirt a dollop of your first color of paint into the first cup.
Canister a tall.
When it s used all the paint drop your marble back in the paint.
Regardless of the challenges involved in marble painting the children stayed engaged in the process.
Start gently tilting the box from side to side and the marble will roll across the paper and start creating your painting.
Let me show you how you can do so much more than just roll a sphere around on a piece of paper.
Choose from any of the options below.
Lay a piece of white paper in the lid of a box and squirt a few drops of paint on different areas of the paper.
Place a marble in one corner of the box and show your toddler how to roll the marble through the paint which leaves behind a track on the paper.
Working with a partner is also a challenge because the children have to tilt the box the same way at the same time not an easy thing to do.
My paint and marbles were both from the dollar store.
And our marble painting was complete.
Shallow box box lid or similar.
Remove that color and continue with the other colors.
Paper any color paint i like to use tempera.
For a canister or tub cut paper to fit rolled inside the container.
