Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Marble Painting




Marble Painting
is a standard toddler art project that has somehow eluded us until today.


We tried this two ways:

the first time we just dipped our marbles into the paint and then put them in the pan.

then of course, you move the pan around to move the marbles


The second one we did, I put globs of paint on the paper first and then L dropped the marbles in. He then tried to move the bin around to get the marbles into the paint blobs.
Oh, and I also let him use a bigger plastic bin this time.




he then went to customizing his painting by making his marbles fall in the area and direction he wanted.



Glad we finally got around to doing this. L loved it and I thought the result was so pretty and colorful!
 I'll be framing one of his masterpieces.
:)


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14 comments:

  1. What a great idea! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  2. Found you via a pin on pinterest. What a lovely idea. I did a similar thing on my blog and mentioned you as my inspiration. Here's the link if you'd like to see http://halfdonemum.blogspot.com/ . Thanks, Kellie.

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  3. This is a great idea! My 3 yo will love it. Found you on Pinterest. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. thank you for giving me another thing to do today with my kiddos just gotta try and find some marbles now lol....great idea and thanks for sharing!

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  5. Found this on Pinterest, and sorry to say we missed it during the toddler years! I think we will still have some good clean preschool fun with it this afternoon though! Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Looks like fun, can't wait to try it with my son.

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  7. I tried it this afternoon it was very fun and very messy!! But my painting came out great thanks for the advice!!

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  8. What a fun activity! I just used this for my pin blog today. I'd love for you to follow! www.365daysofpins.blogspot.com

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  9. This is a great idea. I like to use a shoe box with a cover so the kids can shake it. :)

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  10. Another way to do this with younger kids is to put a piece of paper into an empty pringles can. Then drop in marbles saturated with paint, cover with the lid and let the kids shake the container. The kids love the sound the marbles make in the can and the prints are beautiful.

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  11. Thank you for sharing!great idea

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  12. I loved trying this one! I think I need to try it with thinned out paint next time, though. The marbles had a tendency to get stuck in the begnning.

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  13. Can't wait to try this out this summer -great idea!

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  14. Love this crafts. One of the little girls in my childcare really tried to make swirlys (circles) not very successful but it was fun to watch. If nothing else it was good for her fine motor skills.

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