We had friends over today and we made our own homemade "Scratch Art" paper. It is very simple and we can show you how. First color really hard all over your paper. You can use copy paper or cardstock. It should be waxy looking with NO white showing.
If your friends are young you might want to draw a square on the center of the paper, not to big, and then cut it out when they are finished. This allows the edges to be colored and not destroyed.
After your paper is colored take black tempera paint(I used a washable kids paint by Plaid that I found at Wal-Mart) and mix in a drop of dish detergent. I would say maybe two tablespoons of paint with a good sized drop (like 1/4 to a scant 1/2 tsp) of regular dish detergent. Paint your entire page with the paint. Allow to dry.
When the paper is completely dry (takes about an hour), start scratching away. We used toothpicks.
Here are some of our masterpieces.
Wow this is really great. Perfect for those who are child care providers. I also want to try this for my own card making. Thanks for a great pictorial.
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That looks like a perfect project to try today. Thanks for sharing.
I too remember doing this as a child, though we used black crayon but I can see this being so much easier with paint. Thanks!
I just found you through Kiddley and just love this idea! I am always looking forward to creative ways of keeping my almost five year old daughter busy! Thanks for the tutorial.
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Crayon scratch art! I used to love doing this myself as a kid — scratching through the black layer of wax to reveal neon-like colors. Mehhhhhh-mreeeeees…. Skip To My Lou’s scratch art how-to suggests using tempera paint as the top
This is cool! I don’t have black paint, but I have other colors to do this with. Can’t wait!!
Oh, what a great project! We bought some rather expensive “scratch magic” paper that didn’t last long at all because my daughter loved it so much. This will be more fun. Thanks!
I’ve avoided this with my kids because I remember using india ink as the top layer. SO very happy to know we can do this with tempera paint. Thanks! This project is on our to-do list this weekend!!
I remember doing this in elementary school! It was so magical when the colors changed in a new area. Thanks for posting this.
wow! just great.. it’s always a dream of popular artists to remain “thinking as a child”. its the most creative minset. a mindset without inhibitions..
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Thank you for reminding me of this. It was one of my favourite activities 35 years ago. K
oh wow! wish we knew of black tempera paint back then! instead of black paint, we used black oil crayon over the coloured bits! that was laborious but the effects were excellent. we were sold.
Great tips, will test it soon with my children
great idea, i will use this with my camp fire group. thanks!
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I do this with my autistic students! They love it, and its so easy!
does anyone know anyway to do the black instead of painting because i need it to dry quick
Such a fun idea, can’t wait to try this “Little Project!”
Love this, can’t wait to try with my granddaughter.
This is awsome
all i have ever wanted for art is here i cant wait to try this out for the fair
I think this site is great some of this ideas i never thought of. The kids love doing crafts and they cant wait to do thisa one
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