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.
Toddler with a marble box painting.
One of the best ways to get and keep a preschool s attention is by providing an activity that is interactive exciting and stimulating.
Place a piece of paper into the bottom of the box.
Drop a marble into the cup and roll it around to cover it in paint.
When it s used all the paint drop your marble back in the paint.
Place marbles from one color into the container and roll around by moving the box from side to side etc.
Painting with marbles and balls is the perfect combination of creativity experimentation and exploration for kids.
Drop the paint colored marble into the box on top of the paper and roll it around to create lines and swirls.
2 place paper inside the container.
Choose from any of the options below.
Throw a marble in paint and let the kids roll it around.
Paper any color paint i like to use tempera.
Start by dipping one marble in the paint and dropping it into your box.
Let me show you how you can do so much more than just roll a sphere around on a piece of paper.
My paint and marbles were both from the dollar store.
3 prepare the paint.
Prepare various colors of.
Canister a tall.
Shallow box box lid or similar.
Start gently tilting the box from side to side and the marble will roll across the paper and start creating your painting.
Working with a partner is also a challenge because the children have to tilt the box the same way at the same time not an easy thing to do.
There goes the marble.
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.
Place the paint into small cups and drop a few marbles in each color.
Lay the paper into the bottom of box.
For marble painting all you need is a cake pan piece of paper a few marbles and a few different paint colors.
Find a container for your paper.
Regardless of the challenges involved in marble painting the children stayed engaged in the process.
Now you can use a marble with a different color of 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 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.
Steps 1 find a shaking container.
And our marble painting was complete.
For a canister or tub cut paper to fit rolled inside the container.
Remove that color and continue with the other colors.
