Marble Painting Earth

It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history.

Marble painting earth.

If you re really adventurous try bouncing. The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles from the planet s surface. Dip your toothbrush into the white paint and then use your finger to carefully flick speckles of white paint onto your black cardstock paper. While your marbled earth dries get your outer space background ready.

Every time i introduce marble painting to a group of preschoolers i change the process a bit. Do this by pouring a small amount of white paint onto a paper plate or small paper bowl. Put drops of blue and green paint all over and swirl with the straw. To begin you ll need white blue and green paint.

For today s activity we re going to need paint blue and green paint. Marble painting earth. Now pretend you re looking at earth from outer space. I started out with 3 each but we decided to add more later.

If you do and are looking for a fun easy free earth day project you are in the right place. Take it off and then use a straight edge wide popsicle stick to wipe off the shaving cream. You should be going for a milky look to your paint. You can also use a spray bottle to apply the dye 4.

Earth day art activity. Each kid got a big white circle on a tray you could also use a large shoebox. These marble painted earths in space were a huge hit with my kindergarteners. If you were like me and had no kid paint on hand at home mine is all still at school here is the recipe for paint that we made yesterday.

We put some dabs of blue and green finger paint on the circle and put a few marbles on each tray. How to water marble with acrylic paint. Do you celebrate earth day with your students. To water down your paint a bit add equal parts water to your acrylic paint and mix with a wooden skewer.

Today we did a super fun and easy craft using paint and marbles. Drop 1 drop of each food colors or paint evenly spread out on the shaving cream layer. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. If you add too much water and you will lose the vibrant colors.

Press down so the whole plate is covered in paint. Slowly drip the paint into your liquid starch mixture. Experiment with several marbles at once and see how they interact to create unique patterns. Painting with marbles is a fun and engaging process.

It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. After all who doesn t love marble painting. Drop the paint colored marble into the box on top of the paper and roll it around to create lines and swirls. Take a white paper plate and press the bottom into the shaving cream.

Rockin and rollin repeat steps 1 4 with a few more colors of paint to create your masterpiece.