Painting with marbles is a simple set-up process art idea for toddlers to primary school aged children. It’s great for fine motor control, colour mixing and just fun to watch the paint move! You only need a few items to create the painting and the kids will ask to make more and more!
You will need:
- Marbles;
- Paint;
- Shoe box lid;
- Paper; and
- Tape.
Painting With Marbles Method
Tape the paper to the inside of the shoe box lid and add paint to the paper. Just add a little paint at a few points. Too much paint will make it harder to see the marbles tracks. Plus the marbles can get stuck in the paint!
Put the marbles inside and let the children tilt the lid and watch the marbles make tracks all over the paper. If you are worried about them making a mess and marbles flying everywhere then try this outdoors. Of course if you have younger children who put things in their mouths try using larger balls.
Get ready for a lot of taping and un-taping of paper! They will want to try this several times over. A good tip is to not let the paper get completely covered in paint. Otherwise it may rip when you un-tape it.
Hope your kids enjoy!
Leslie Rickerby says
Oh we’ve done this too. we used red and green paint (they were just the first ones to hand) and the patterns came out so well that we are actually going to use them to cut shapes out of for christmas cards. Ha also came home with another one he’d done at preschool yesterday too. Great little activity
Let kids be kids says
Looks pretty and very good fun. it’s nice to see creativity move and be free flow. Fab idea.
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Clare's Little Tots says
I love this, they turned out great. We did something similar with conkers such fun 🙂
tracey at Mummyshire says
What a great idea! I did this a long time ago and had forgotten about it. This is something my boy is going to just LOVE!
Thanks for the idea
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Erin @ Nourishing My Scholar says
I want to do this with my kids! This is awesome!
Jenny Eaves says
It’s surprisingly addictive, even I wanted a go! 🙂 x