Texture Rubbings

In the completed project above, the green quadrilateral and lower right red triangle are window screen, above the red triangle is a purple shoe print, the bottom central black section is fabric lace, the central pink triangle is a texture plate and the left central purple triangle is a leaf. 

I created this design to encourage students to try many different textures and colors, but plain white paper works too. Darker crayon colors seemed to show up better than lighter colors, such as yellow or pale pink. 

Project length: 45 minutes
Audience: 1st Grade
Materials:
  -white copy paper (not card stock or construction)
  -peeled crayons (large supply in the art cupboard)

  -textures, such as a leaf, fabric lace, mesh/screen. There are also wonderful texture plates in the art cupboard (plastic sheets with ridges in many designs). Be creative or experimental... The bottom of your shoe might make a good rubbing pattern.