Halloween Etchings
When I was growing up my favorite classes for sure were my art classes. And I think this craft idea came from one of the projects we did when I was in about the third grade. Ever since then I’ve wanted to do it again. No kidding. Life gets so busy that we have to really make the time to do the little things we want to do. Here’s a perfect example of that kind of thing.
Cut poster board it up into the sizes you want to use for your project.
Use crayons to color the entire piece of each piece of poster board. I like putting different colors in patches. But it’s up to you. You could use one color crayon if you like to cover the piece. The important thing is to press down really hard when you are using the crayon so your waxy colored coverage is thick.
Once they are covered with crayon wax spray each piece with black flat spray paint.
Take a tool that has a fairly sharp point. Something even like a pencil or knitting needle could work. But don’t use something so sharp that it will cut the paper. I used a tool called a burnisher. Jewelers typically use these to shine up metal jewelry. With the tool draw the drawing you want to draw by carving out the black paint.
Ta-Da.
Now, what can you do with your finished pieces? You could either use them to make greeting cards or maybe place cards for a monster bash type of dinner party. You could also use it for wall art.
Happy Crafting.
Marcia
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