Prepare various colors of.
Toddler with a marble box painting.
Squirt a dollop of your first color of paint into the first cup.
Drop the paint colored marble into the box on top of the paper and roll it around to create lines and swirls.
There goes the marble.
One of the best ways to get and keep a preschool s attention is by providing an activity that is interactive exciting and stimulating.
Throw a marble in paint and let the kids roll it around.
Regardless of the challenges involved in marble painting the children stayed engaged in the process.
Paper any color paint i like to use tempera.
Shallow box box lid or similar.
Place marbles from one color into the container and roll around by moving the box from side to side etc.
For this process art project you need four supplies.
Place the paint into small cups and drop a few marbles in each color.
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.
For marble painting all you need is a cake pan piece of paper a few marbles and a few different paint colors.
Let me show you how you can do so much more than just roll a sphere around on a piece of paper.
Find a container for your paper.
Steps 1 find a shaking container.
Drop a marble into the cup and roll it around to cover it in paint.
Start gently tilting the box from side to side and the marble will roll across the paper and start creating your painting.
For a canister or tub cut paper to fit rolled inside the container.
2 place paper inside the container.
Add some paint and the possibility of getting messy and those kids will have their eyes glued on you for more instructions.
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.
Painting with marbles and balls is the perfect combination of creativity experimentation and exploration for kids.
Start by dipping one marble in the paint and dropping it into your box.
When it s used all the paint drop your marble back in the paint.
Now you can use a marble with a different color of paint.
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.
My paint and marbles were both from the dollar store.
Canister a tall.
3 prepare the paint.
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.
Lay the paper into the bottom of box.
And our marble painting was complete.