Water Marbling Paint for Kids - Arts and Crafts for Girls & Boys Crafts Kits Ideal Gifts for Kids Age 6+ 8-12

I am sure we have all seen those 'hydro-dipping' videos of recent times where they take ordinary objects, dunk them in a tank with a printed film floating on the surface and wrap the item in the pattern. This is basically that! I was skeptical at first as we have been burned by many craft projects that are either too complicated or don't give the expected results, but this kit is pretty awesome! In the box you get a dipping tray, 6 coloured inks, plenty of paper sheets (it is just ordinary paper), several tools to aid with marbling (including tweezers for removing the paper from the tray) and 3 packs of special powder. The powder itself will do many, many applications. You use one scoopful (scoop provided) per use, and we did 10 different sheets in a single turn and there was still plenty of liquid left in the tray. you literally get hundreds and hundreds of uses out of this! One thing to note, the solution (which is powder and water) needs several hours to fully dissolve before it is ready for use. I ended up with quite an upset 8 year old who wanted to try this out but had to wait for the next day! so prep the mixture in advance! Fortunately, once mixed you can store it for long periods. What you end up with is a slightly thick water which you pour into the tray ready for use. Then its a case of going to town with your coloured ink! the bottles are designed to allow good control of a single drip onto the tray, which then blooms out like oil on water. Add as many drips as you want then use the tools to create swirls and shapes until you are happy. Once complete you simply lay a sheet of paper on top of the water for 3 seconds and remove. I was quite surprised that the paper took all of the ink from the solution and left it completely clear ready for another go, and was definitely not as messy as i had worried about, in fact we didnt make any mess at all. We let the sheets dry on kitchen towel overnight and ended up with some beautiful pictures. My daughter was mesmerized at how well this worked, as were myself and my wife! Most craft kits go on the shelf after a single try but we will definitely be using this again, making sure that next time we prepare the solution ahead of time!

Bought for me to do with my 7 year old son over Christmas. We loved creating artwork using the paints in different patterns!!Only downside - when we went to use it for the first time the instructions mentioned that the powder needed to be dissolved in water for 4-6 hours so needed to find an empty water bottle (500ml) and had to wait for it to be ready, which was a shame. If that info had been mentioned on the back of the box rather than on the paper instructions that would have helped prepare my son.500ml solution is ok to be stored for a month if unused.Plenty of quality paper given.6 different paint bottles and only 1-2 drops per artwork piece needed.Really amazing, creative patterns can be achieved!

This was a gift and the recipient was very happy with it.

Absolutely brilliant!! Really easy to make lovely pictures. Just note that the powder takes hours to dissolve so prepare about 5 hours before you want to play, or night before. You can get quite a few pictures from one gelled water because the paper soaks up the paint.

Great gift for a creative child - but fun for adults too! Given as a gift to niece and she had lots of fun with it.

Ok they liked using it easy to use.

Recipient really enjoyed this. Bright colours, individual designs and good results.

Great product - follow instructions to the letter and it'll work perfectly! So easy to do, mix the water with powder 6 hours before, or the evening before you want to use it. 250ml did us 8 pictures, although I probably could've got 2 more tbh!Note, this is a size A5 boxset, the tray fits A5, not A4 as I was expecting, but it's not a problem at all!I suddenly remembered doing this activity at primary school 30 odd years ago and was happy to discover this product so I can show my young daughter! She loved it, 4½ years old and after 4 or 5 practices, I let her do the whole thing herself, from dripping the paint, using the tools to make patterns, to placing the paper and plucking it out.I also add that it is not messy at all, unlike real painting, clear up afterwards was 3 minutes max!I recommend this product, It's the first and only brand I've bought so I have no comparison, but I can certainly vouch for this!Only downside there are only 6 colours, I would like buy an array of colours of this brand but not sure where to find them!Pictures are still wet and don't really do it justice, I'm very pleased with the outcome!