Make Your Own Scratch Art

Materials

Sturdy Paper

Oil Pastels (Or Crayons)

Black Paint (Acrylic is best, but you can use tempera)

Foam Brush

Toothpicks (or Q-Tips)

Instructions

-Cover the paper with oil pastel/crayon drawings until the entire sheet is full of color.

-Paint over the oil pastel with a layer of black paint.

-Scratch your pictures and designs through the surface of the wet paint with the toothpicks or Q-tips.

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No Playdough, No Problem!

Here are two different ways you could make your own playdough-like materials!

Materials

1 cup of Shaving Cream

2 Cups of Cornstarch

Instructions

Mix your ingredients together to make a sort of kinetic sand to play with!

OR!!!

Materials

1 cup of Conditioner

2 Cups of Cornstarch

Instructions

Mix together your materials and you will have a playdough like material!

Paint with bubbles!

Materials:

Small plastic containers to hold the paint mixture

Tempera paint in a variety of colors (Or food coloring)

Liquid dish soap

Water

Straws

A push pin

Small pieces of thick paper (construction, card stock, watercolor paper)

Instructions:

Use the push pin to make a hole in the straws so you/your child can't accidentally drink the paint/bubble solution. The hole will allow them to blow bubbles but harder to accidentally suck up the paint.

Mix paint, a squirt of dish soap, and a couple inches of water into a container.

The solution should be pretty thin so the kids can blow bubbles into the liquid.

Lightly press paper over the bubbles and watch the print you make!

See what happens when you add a variety of colors!

Make Your Own Washable Glass Paint

If you have a glass front door or a window that needs some added color you could create a stained glass window effect with some basic materials!

Materials

Paint (You could use Finger Paint, Acrylic, or Tempra)

Dish Soap

A little water

Just mix a little bit of dish soap and water with your paint, and get to work!

Silly Drawing Challenges

Bored? Try one of these silly drawing challenges!

Draw using your non-dominant hand

Draw with the pencil in your mouth

Draw with the pencil in your toes

Draw with your head upside down

Draw with your eyes closed

Draw with your dominant hand after you spin around in a circle 10x

Draw using a super tiny pencil (use a golf pencil or smaller)

Draw using a huge pencil (duct tape the pencil to a wiffle ball bat)

Draw with your paper taped to the underside of a desk (Michelangelo style)

Draw a round of Silly Sketches

Draw with both hands at the same time

Draw using a white paper plate on your head and try to draw a picture on it

Draw the silliest face you can think of