How to Make Spin Art Collage Papers

October 13, 2025

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Spin Your Way to Stunning Collage Papers

There’s something so satisfying about revisiting a childhood memory and giving it an artistic upgrade. If you ever played with one of those spinner art kits as a kid, like I did, you’re going to love this grown-up version.

In today’s demo, I’m using a regular kitchen salad spinner (yep, the kind you dry lettuce in!) along with acrylic paint and paper to create some truly mesmerizing abstract collage papers. These papers are thick with texture, totally one-of-a-kind, and honestly? I could have kept spinning all day long.

Tips about the Spinner

Let me start with a lesson I learned the hard way and that is, not all salad spinners work. I initially ordered one online that turned out to be way too small. The basket didn’t lie flat, and the paper folded awkwardly. So I grabbed the one from my kitchen (a full-size OXO spinner), and it was the perfect fit.

Pro tip: Make sure your paper can lie flat in the basket. If it doesn’t, try trimming it down or tucking it slightly into the spinner’s grate.

How It Works & Why I Love It

Once your paper is in place, you simply pour or drip paint directly onto the surface, pop the lid on, and start spinning! Each spin creates a totally new surprise.

I used color combos like turquoise, gold, white, and black, and even experimented with handmade paper and recycled “dud” collage scraps. I love how the paint dries thick, adding juicy texture that’s perfect for cutting up and collaging.

Sometimes I swirled the paint with a straw before spinning just to mix up the colors befored spinning. I even did a few pieces where I spun multiple times or layered colors gradually.

You can’t mess this up. That’s the beauty of it.

Every sheet of spinner paper I made was a total surprise, and so many had those scrumptious dimensional splatters that you just can’t plan for. Plus, this is a perfect way to salvage collage papers you’re not loving – give them a spin, and they’re reborn!

And while this process does use a lot of paint, the results are worth it. Just be sure to give them time to dry overnight, especially if the paint is applied thickly.

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