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. 

Feathered Birds (example of mixed media)

Step 3

Project length: 50-60 minutes
Audience: 1st Grade
Materials:
  -white school glue
  -feathers
  -googly eyes

  -pencil, colored pencils or markers

  -colored construction paper for body 

    & beak

  -white card stock or construction paper for the background

These 3 examples were displayed to visually demonstrate the steps involved in the project.

Step 2

The two body parts were pre-cut for the students. They glued the body and beak down onto a piece of paper. Next a googly eye was added.

Step 1

We then passed out feathers of all colors and shapes, and sizes that weren't too small or too big for this project. Some students used all of one color, or used several different colors. (The teacher provided the students with a helpful limitation/recommendation of 8 feathers each, which helped the students narrow down their choices and stay within our time frame.)
The students then used a pencil or markers to add some background or other details.