Marble Painting Planets

After doing our marbled shaving cream paper the other day we decided to make a marbled earth craft for earth day.

Marble painting planets.

I would recommend getting those cheap gloves to do this though as it stains fingers especially if you use food coloring yikes. Display children s art in an area where they can easily see it. Every time i introduce marble painting to a group of preschoolers i change the process a bit. When the paint was dry i added the rings and displayed the planets in our dramatic play area.

Painting with marbles is a fun and engaging process. If you re really adventurous try bouncing. And the final product is beautiful and marbled just like the real planets might look like in space. Provide the student with different colored paints and marbles to make their planet.

You could draw round a small saucer cup jar lid or a bottle top as a guide for different sizes. It s a simple and easy art project that will excite your kiddos. Before starting with new colours you can lift excess paint from the tray using a piece of scrap paper to clean the surface. Cut out your marble painted paper into pieces and assemble them into an interesting collage.

May 16 2015 replicate the surface of planets with this preschool space craft using a unique marbled painting technique to create this beautiful artwork. The marbled planets among the stars inspired my daughter and i when we were creating this preschool space craft. Drop the paint colored marble into the box on top of the paper and roll it around to create lines and swirls. Experiment with several marbles at once and see how they interact to create unique patterns.

Allow the circles to dry and tape the rings on to make them look like planets. Glue the planets onto a black paper plate. Students can tilt the box and use gravity to roll their marbles or roll them using a spoon. You can do an abstract collage or a picture composition like we did in this snowy day collage we marble painted various colored sheets of paper with white paint and then cut the painted sheets into shapes to make a winter themed collage.

When the marbled paper is completely dry cut out some planet shapes. Rockin and rollin repeat steps 1 4 with a few more colors of paint to create your masterpiece. Some kids wanted me to hang up their planet like uranus where the rings are more up and down rather than side to side because they liked saying they made the planet that. I like how the marble painting makes it look like swirling gases and clouds.

This planet craft is a lot of fun for preschoolers and older kids too.