You can make your own scratch art at home – it really is easy. Here is a list of supplies you will need.
- cardboard from an old cereal box or bristol board
- masking tape
- a selection of oil pastels or crayons
- black paint
- brush or sponge to apply paint
- Skewer or pencil
Let’s begin by colouring in the background in different colours. Scribble away, colour this way and that using all the different colours until the whole page is covered over. This will look like a piece of art all in itself and you may not want to do the next step – which is to paint over everything with black paint. If you don’t have a paintbrush you can use a sponge.
Now the scratch-art begins! You can doodle anything you like – your name, a message, a picture. The options are limitless… You can also do this with any number of colour combinations both with the pastels and the paint that goes over the top.
Please send a picture of your creation to artinactiontoronto@gmail.com – I’d love to see what your message will be!
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