Marbled Milk Paper (Creative Chemistry Experiments)

You will need:

1. Milk, preferably almond
   milk
2. Dish-washing liquid soap
3. Ear buds
4. Water colour paper
5. Shallow bowl/tray or
   disposable plate
6. Food colour
7. Eye dropper

Make your very own marbled paper. Use it as modern art, gift-wrapping paper or a personalized card for your friend or parent.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cut the paper down to the size which will fit in your tray or plate easily.
2. Pour only 4-5 tablespoonfuls of milk into the tray so that they may just cover the base of your tray.
3. Add a few drops of different food colours
   around the milk.
4. Add some drops of dish-washing liquid soap around the milk.
5. Take an ear bud and swirl the colours around in the milk.
6. Once it looks like a kaleidoscope of colours, gently dip your water colour paper into the milk.
7. Press down for a minute and then lift it gently out of the milk.
8. Keep aside and let it dry completely. Dip more papers into the milk to create more marbled papers, till the milk solution is over.

RESULT

You get your own personalized marble effect paper. The colours separate but do not mix together easily because of the soap added to the milk.