Mitten Scratch Art

I've always loved scratch art growing up and this lesson is a way to create the whole project from start to finish yourself.  The first step is to color a piece of paper with crayons, pressing hard the whole time.  After you cover up all the white of the paper with crayon, the next step is to paint over the crayon with a paint/soap mixture.  This paint mixture is used so that you can scratch off the paint to make your scratch art design.  The paint is also easier to clean up since it has soap in it.  Once the paint dries, you take your scratching tool and scratch in your design.  Our designs were mittens to go with the theme of the book that we listened to while our paint was drying.

Another activity that would be a fun way to use scratch are would be Greek vases.  Like with the mitten, the student would design the shape of the vase and the designs that decorate it.  We would talk about the Greek culture and the types of designs/patterns they used, so the students could incorporate that into their own vases.  Once they are all finished they will cut out their vase and frame it with a different color of construction paper.