WAX RESIST ART: UNCOVERING THE SEEMINGLY INVISIBLE, A LESSON IN MAGIC!

Young children (and sometimes their parents 🙋🏻‍♀️) are fascinated by the simplest things. So while asking them to use a white crayon to draw on white paper didn’t seem all to exciting, using watercolors to reveal the magic beneath was. We wrote their names, drew ghosts, pumpkins, hearts, suns, a dog, and pretty much anything their hearts desired. They couldn’t see any of it until they used the watercolors to paint over it, which was really neat. And in case you were wondering, watching the water change colors while doing this activity is just as fun for them. Yes, really. Just go with it. There are valuable lessons in that too, and sometimes the best learning opportunities are unplanned.

MATERIALS:
1) Sample wax resist picture for reference/visual (optional)
2) watercolors
3) Paintbrush 🖌 or a few
4) White crayon 🖍
5) White paper (on the thicker side)
6) Small cup of water

Have any of us ever tried this before? We’d love to hear about it.