Painting with MARBLES!

Creating artwork using paint, marbles and a box is FUN!  This process is enjoyable, exciting and the end result is always very unique.  The students were able to let marbles roll around through paint, onto a leaf print, by shaking a box around.  While they were shaking (and jumping!) I asked the question: "I wonder what is happening inside of the box?" - Most of the children were able to say that the marbles were moving around.  One student said "the marbles are making a mess" - and he was right, but the mess was contained inside of the box!