June 12, 2007

Scratch painting

by Jen (June 12, 2007)

This is one of the coolest art projects you can turn a kid loose on:

Scratch painting

I ran across one of my favorite art projects from grade school while cleaning out my parent’s basement this weekend—the one where you scribble in crayon, paint over it in black tempera paint, and then scratch out a design to reveal the wild colors underneath—and was stunned not only by how simple and vibrant it remained, but also by how, so many years later, I can still remember how exciting it was to scratch away the dried tempera paint.

Get full instructions at the site.

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