How to do marble painting
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How to do marble painting
How to do marble painting
Place a sheet of card or paper in a shallow tray. We used the lid of a shoebox, which works perfectly.Then squirt in some paint, using a mix of different colours.
How to do marble painting
Place lots of marbles at one end of the tray.
How to do marble painting
Now comes the fun bit. Tip the tray gently so the marbles roll across the paint in all directions. They will swirl the paint around, marbling the colours as they roll.
How to do marble painting
You get some lovely textured marbled paintings as a result and this is such fun to do.
Your children might like to try this painting activity with different objects - perhaps they could roll golf balls or even conkers?
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