Peer Lesson 7--Scratchboard Art

Mother's Day Cards

 For this project, I created my own home-made scratch board art, and used to make a Mother's Day card.

To make a scratchboard, you first make a drawing of what image you want to transfer.
Next use crayons to color then image.
After coloring, next paint over the colored drawings with black paint, and on the opposite side from the black paint, scribble pencil lines only where the images that you want transfer is.
 Finally use a small wooden dowel to scratch of the black paint only where you want your colored design  to show through.

This project is great for showing students how easy it is to make artworks at home without having to buy expensive supplies. It also shows how the combination of different colors can produce different effects in art.


Extension Art Activity: Use this to help students design their own Math flashcards to study from. By having students make their own home-made math flash cards, the parents are not required to spend money to buy them and the students will retain the information better, as they will be studying it as they make the flashcards. Also, the flashcards can be saved and used for future review.