Supplies Needed
- Magnet wand
- Various metal items like ball bearings, springs & screws
- Various non-metal items like marbles
- Paper
- Plastic tray or box (I used an old 9″ x 13″ food container)
- Tempera paint.
- Cups or palette to dip the metal pieces in
- Spoons to get the painted covered pieces into the tray.
Magnet Painting How-To
To begin painting, pour your paint into something deep enough to drop your metal pieces into. An egg carton works well. Then cut your paper to fit your tray and place a piece inside. Now it’s time to paint! Dip a metal piece in paint and drop it into the tray. Then take the magnet wand and move it around under the plastic tray as this keeps the metal pieces rolling smoothly.
Time for Experimentation
One of the best parts of this project is that kids can learn a little science while painting. You can use all metal pieces, or you can throw in some things that the magnet can’t move like glass marbles. Even different metal pieces move differently.
The idea is taken from the blog LeftBrainCraftBrain