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    Home » Science Experiments for Kids » Homemade Scratch Art Paper

    Homemade Scratch Art Paper

    February 12, 2018 By Emma Vanstone 1 Comment

    Did you ever make homemade scratch art paper pictures as a child? I remember making them using coloured colouring pencils with black crayon over the top, they took an age to make and never worked that well. If only I’d known then that oil pastels make it so much easier!!

    If you don’t have oil pastels, crayons are a good alternative, they just don’t work quite as well.

    Materials

    Oil pastels

    White cardboard

    Play dough tools

    Instructions for Homemade Scratch Art

    Use the oil pastels to add lots of colour to one sheet of card and then rub over the top with a black oil pastel.

    scratch art paper made using oil pastels

    How to make homemade scratch art paper #scratch art

    Once you’ve completely covered the card in black, you can create your scratch art picture.

    Image of easter eggs carved into homemade scratch art paper

    Extension tasks – Homemade Scratch Art

    Try using a white crayon to draw a picture on white card, you’ll need to press down very hard. Once you’ve done that, gently crayon over the top using coloured crayons. You should find the white resists the coloured crayons giving you a lovely white outline on the page.

    Valentine-Science

    For those days where you don’t want to be making your own scratch art paper, we highly recommend these ready made scratch art sheets from Melissa and Doug.

    More Art and Science Ideas for Kids

    We also love these bunny art pictures from Projects with Kids or if you’re after a more traditional Easter craft, Red Ted Art has some brilliant Easter bonnets!

    Contains affiliate links

    scratch art images - themed for Easter

    Last Updated on March 19, 2021 by Emma Vanstone

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    1. lisa bradburn

      February 13, 2018 at 3:58 pm

      I remember doing these as a child myself – you’ve jogged my memory to try them with the kids this half term – fond memories!!!

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