Submitted by Angie Fitzpatrick, art teacher in Coal Point Public School NSW Australia.
Ages: 4 - 6
Materials:
Procedure:
Children love to trace around their body parts.
We took off our shoes and socks and then traced around our feet
with big textas on blank sheets of paper.
Next we used wax crayons to make colourful patterns on our feet
outlines.
When completed we washed over our entire design with a bright
coloured dye. (Powdered vegetable dyes mixed with water).
We like to use light coloured crayons like yellows, oranges, light
blues and greens, under darker dyes of purples, deep blues and greens
or bright red because they look very effective.
When dry, the children cut out their feet outlines and we put them up
around our walls as footprints walking around our room.
The children love it.
usually coloured and wide-tipped for use by children)