3 Easy Steps to Making Scratch Art at Home

Crayons, dish soap, black paint

Hello Creatives,

An art activity I love sharing with kids is scratch art. Each part of the process is exciting for both them and me. Without further ado, let’s get started…

Materials for the project:

• Card stock paper
• Crayons if you’d like to make a colourful piece
• Few drops of dish soap & black paint
• Toothpick or any sharp tool for scratching

1. Calling All Crayons

Use white card stock paper if you’d like to create bright, colourful designs. Some of the kids chose to use the blue card stock pictured below.

Whatever you use, remember to colour every single part of the paper if you want it to be colourful during the final reveal.

If you don’t want it to be colourful, you can leave the white card stock paper blank and skip to the second step.

2. Paint with Dish Soap

Mix a few drops of dish soap with a blob of black paint:

Once you’re finished, paint over your card stock paper. Also, make sure to cover every surface area with paint for best results:

3. Time to Scratch!

Once your paint has dried, it’s time to take your sharp tool and create beautiful designs!

If you used colourful crayons on white card stock paper in the previous steps, you would have rainbow-coloured designs during the scratching process.

Final Results!

This is a quick and easy art activity you can do at home by yourself or with your loved ones. Most of the materials can be found at a dollar store, and the final results are something to be proud of!

Happy Crafting! 😊