Crayon batik

I'm starting this project with one of my 6th grade classes this week! I'm going to have each student draw something that is a plant (flowers...

This is a great fool proof lesson (if you use the right paper) that yields fantastic results for all students. I've posted this lesson ...

Batik: wax crayon dye resist painting

I've had some requests for a Crayon Batik step-by-step. (This is an idea that's been around a while-I think I rememb...

I brought home a whole bag of crayons from school this week in the hopes of finding a project to use some of them up. Every time I turn around it seems as if more crayons have appeared in my school cupboards. I love batik and this project mimics the look of that process. I drew the flower on 80 lb white drawing paper. I layered on as much crayon as I had patience for. I then cumbled up the sheet of paper. You do have to be a bit careful, I ripped mine slightly. I flattened the paper. I then…

Craft project: Learn how to use crayons to create a batik-like drawing. Batik is a fabric decorating technique from Java.

I love wax crayon style batik projects- they usually have a really high success rate with all students. I found THIS project via Pin...

This is a fun and relatively simple project that mimics the look of batik fabric without all the hassle of using melted wax, fabric and an iron. Batik is cloth that has been decorated using a wax-resist dyeing technique. Java, in Indonesia, is famous for it's batik traditions, but many other countries use it (Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, China, etc.) Dutch traders in the 19th century introduced the technique to parts of Africa, hence you can find many batik products there as well…

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