Print This Craft

Regular school paints  become magic when you float them on top of milk and turn blobs into Valentines that you then make into prints. This is a craft that kids love to get into. Each print is different. Sometimes because it becomes a different shade and sometimes because you introduce another color. There are so many options. Kids that come to my house always request this craft.

Trivia:

The oldest known prehistoric art wasn’t created in a cave. Drawn on a rock face in South Africa 73,000 years ago, it predates any known cave art. However, caves themselves help to protect and preserve the art on their walls.  Source: History – What Prehistoric Cave Paintings Reveal About Early Human Life

Supplies

• Milk (Homogenized was used here, but you can experiment with any kind)**
• School Paints or Liquid food coloring
• White Paper
• Toothpick
• Disposable Pan (big enough to hold your paper

**Editor’s Note: We tried this using food color on top of shaving cream and it made beautiful prints. Didn’t try the Valentine however.

Instructions

• Pour some milk in your disposable pan so that there is a shallow pool of liquid.
• Pour some small amounts of paint or a few drops of several colors of food coloring in the milk.
• Using a toothpick, swirl the colors together. To make the heart drag the toothpick from the top center of a round circle through the middle of the bottom. Use the photo for reference.
• Lay a piece of paper in one move over the design making sure all areas are down and pick paper back straight up to prevent runs.
• Lay  paper out to dry and then use to make a card or wrap a present or perhaps to frame.
• Rinse out the pan after you have tried different color combinations and repeat with new combinations. It’s great fun.

Editor’s Note: If you enjoyed this craft, check out our Marbleized Frame Craft