Cut the chart paper into required size and randomly paint it with multiple colour wax crayons. Paint covering every area.
Now paint the entire sheet with black crayons covering all the other colours without gaps.
Finally paint it again on the black layer with black poster/water colour. Note that you shouldn't use even a bit of water..just use it thick and directly on the paper. Allow it to dry well.
Now your magic scratch sheet is ready. Use a toothpick or a pencil or end of the brush to draw a design of your choice or write some quote which you like.
A simple style of painting only dots of different sizes, but when done slowly, patiently and in a planned way it looks amazing. This is the first one I made. So it has some mistakes and not very neat. Also, there are many techniques to do this. This one is easy for kids to do.
The one in the picture is made on a old CD - we can use it as a coaster or a hanging. If you dont have a CD, you can make it as a painting or greeting card too.
Materials required
Old CD or plain paper
Paints - Thick Poster colours without mixing water like normal painting or Acrylic/Fabric colours
Scale
Pencil
Any or all of these -to make dots of different sizes
Brush of 2 ,3 sizes whichever you have
Pencil that comes with a rubber behind
Ear bud
Unwanted pencil -to use the tip.
First spread a newspaper so that paint doesn't fall on the floor.
In the shining side of the CD or paper, draw lines- first divide into 4 parts. Next divide each part into 2. Now, we have 8 portions. The lines will be slightly visible on CD. Dont make it very dark as we cannot rub it later.
Dip each brush / pencil /rubber /earbud in paint slightly and press on a rough sheet to see what size they are, so that it is easy to decide where to put which size dots.
The rubber pencil will give biggest dot and pencil will be smallest. Choose some 4-5 colours to paint and start by dipping the pencil slightly in the paint in 1st colour. Gently press on CD. All big dots will look nice when you do it on those lines which we did. If you want to use the same pencil for another colour also, clean it nicely first to remove 1st paint and then use for second. Dont mix colours.
Keep using the other brush/ earbuds /pencil in different colours to completely cover the CD/paper.
Allow it to dry. If it is a CD, you can stick some sticker in the center and a satin ribbon at the back for making it hang. If it is a coaster it will be empty to keep the cup or you are doing it on paper you can cover all areas with dots without leaving gap..
A vibrant and unique photo frame by Anushya (12 yrs)
Materials required
Newspaper
Glue
Scissors
Scale
Pencil
Water colours or any paint
Brushes
Any thick cardpaper or cardboard
(For cardboard you can use those cartons in which we get some cereals/ oats/ biscuits/ health drinks/ detergent powders or old notebook front and back or Cardboards that come in certain new dress packing )
Cut one side of a newspaper into four long pieces. Roll them and stick the edges. If you find it difficult to roll, use a pencil/pen and roll. Once you stick the edges, you can remove the pencil and repeat for other rolls. Attached video for help.
Now press the roll and tightly roll to get coils. Stick the edge and hold for a minute to dry so that it doesn't open.
Number of rolls required depend on how big the coils are. First make a few, place it around a photo and keep adding as required. Paint them in colours of your choice. Let it dry while we prepare the frame.
Select the photo you want to keep in the frame and measure it. Usual size is 4 inch x 6 inch. If you are using bigger photo, measure it and make coils accordingly.
Draw two rectangles in cardboard-size should be 1.5 inches more than the photo size in all sides. In one piece, mark 1 inches from all sides (inside) and cut out the inner rectangle. So, we have 2 cardboard pieces. One has a rectangle cut inside and another without cutting. Both cardboards of the same size - For 4 inch x 6 inch photo, the cardboard will be 5.5 inch width and 7.5 inch height.
Start sticking the rolls on this piece which has inner rectangle cut. Let it dry well
Stick a transparent sheet of the same size to the back side of this piece. (If you don't have it now, you can skip this step). Finally stick the two rectangles together in three sides (apply glue only for 1/2 inch area in 3 sides), leaving one side open to insert the photo. Allow it to dry well
Cut a rectangle piece in cardboard 2 inches width and 6 inches height and attach using glue or cellotape to the backside to get a stand for the frame.
