Today, during our “Art” class (during our social distancing). I decided it would be fun for the kids to make their own Scratch Paper Art. It’s been a long time since I have made this, and to be honest I”m not sure if my kids have ever done Scratch Paper Art. Scratch paper art is a colorful way for the kids to free draw using their imaginations, AND it’s cheap and easy to make.
Supplies:
- cardstock
- crayons or oil pastels
- black paint (acrylic or tempera)
- dish soap
- stick to scratch with (toothpick, popsicle stick, skewer)
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Start Coloring
Just start coloring and cover the entire page. Color in small sections and in a random pattern so you will get greater variety in your finished art. You can cut your page into quarters, in half or use the whole page. That is entirely your decision. I will say that I find it easier for the little kids to color the smaller sheets because they don’t have the patience to sit there for too long. There’s not rhyme or reason, just color the page. We even used white crayon on ours.
Next, paint!
Mix equal parts of paint (we actually like the Waverly paint in the chalk finish color ink) and dish soap. Then paint it onto your colored page. Then set it aside to dry. On a nice summer day it can dry in about 20 minutes or so. When we did them, it took ours a couple hours to dry because of the humidity. I knew this might be a factor, so we made ours in the morning and painted them after nap.
Create Your Scratch Art!
Once the paint layer is completely dry. Get your toothpick and start scratching! Let your imagination run wild and have fun!
If your kids are anything like mine, they will want to keep creating more and more pages. I will suggest that if you have little ones doing this to use a Popsicle stick to scratch out the design. My little just put too much pressure on our toothpicks and kept breaking hers.
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