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Weekly Activity Wax Crayon Rubbings |
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| Now that summer is here and children are spending more time outside, get them to take a closer look at their surroundings by taking wax crayon rubbings of the different textures they find in the garden or the park. All you need are wax crayons in different colours and some paper. When they've collected a selection of different rubbings you can use them to make an interesting collage. | |
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Taking the rubbings Get the children to
take a piece of paper and a wax crayon and take a rubbing of an
interesting surface so that the whole piece of paper is covered.
Surfaces to try could be the garden path, the drive, the bark of
tree, the wood on a shed or a bench, the garage door, paving, patterns
on garden furniture or toys - the treads on the steps of the slide
for example. |
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| You might find it easier to peel the paper off the crayons for them so that they can use the whole length of the crayon to take the rubbing and not just the end. This is much quicker too. Take the rubbings in a couple of different colours, so that you end up with a pile of paper covered in a variety of patterns and different colours. | |
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Making
a collage Decide on a theme for your collage. It could be the seaside, a farm or whatever takes your fancy. It could even be an abstract collection of different shapes. Take a large piece of paper or stick a few pieces of paper together with sellotape on the back to make the background for your picture. Once you've decided on a scene then pencil in a rudimentary landscape, such as a skyline, the sea and the beach. |
| Get the children to find a surface to rub tocover these areas in the appropriate colours. | |
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Either draw in freehand or use templates or stencils to cut out shapes and objects for your picture. Smaller children will need a bit of help with this. Encourage the children to think about the textures of things. If they want a sailboat in their scene then they could use a rubbing of a piece of wood for the boat and a nice bright contrasting colour for the sails. Let the children decide where they want to stick their various shapes. You could get |
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| them to think about scale too by cutting the same shapes out in different sizes and having larger things in the foreground and smaller things in the background. | |
| At the end of this project, hopefully you'll have a really attractive picture to stick on your wall and your budding Leonardos will have had plenty of fresh air and fun. | |