My nephews, Justin and Brandon, had a great time this weekend making marbles. It's super easy - all you need is bread (or cornstarch), glue, acrylic paint and zip top bags.
Bread Dough Recipe
What It Takes
1 slice of white bread
1 Tablespoon Aleene's Tacky Glue
2 zip-top plastic bags
How to Make It!
Remove crust from bread and discard.
Tear bread into small piece and place in plastic bag.
Add 1 tablespoon Aleene’s Tacky Glue.
Smoosh bag to mix bread and glue until smooth.
Cornstarch Dough
What It Takes
Cornstarch
Aleene's Tacky Glue
2 zip top plastic bags
How to Make It!
Measure and pour 2 parts cornstarch to 1 part Aleene's Tacky Glue into plastic bag. Smoosh bag to mix cornstarch and glue. Add more cornstarch if the mixture is too sticky or add more glue if the mixture is too stiff.
Smoosh dough until smooth.
Smoosh dough until smooth.
To Color Bread or Cornstarch Dough
Separate dough into several balls and place in clean plastic bag.
Remove one ball at a time, resealing bag to keep remaining dough moist.
Add one drop of acrylic paint at a time and knead color into dough.
Continue to add color one drop at a time until desired color is achieved.
Return dough to plastic bag.
Repeat to color remaining dough.
Making Marbles
Roll a ball of dough to desired size.
Add tiny bits of colored dough on ball. Twist to mix or leave dotted. Roll to form ball.
Drying time will depend on thickness and weather. Place in a dry place. Let set a few days until firm when pressed with finger. Tip: Set by your computer fan for quicker drying.
2 comments:
How do you get those great colors and so round?????
Just add a drop or two of acrylic paint to the dough then smoosh until it mixes.
My nephews were the makers of these great marbles. They started with one color for the base of the marble and then took tiny bits of the colors and put them in place on the marble. They rolled, pinched, smooshed and here's the outcome.
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