Crayon Etching Fine Motor Tip #2

October is here and with it comes fun Halloween activities. My favorite art project is crayon etching. Pick some halloween colors such as orange and black and color your art paper from corner to corner. Make sure you color dark and do not leave any white spaces. Then using poster paint (I use black) and 1-2 drops of dish soap mixed in the paint, cover up all the coloring. Once your paint has dried use a paperclip, stick, pen without ink, or other tool to scratch a design into the picture. You could make a haunted house, pumpkin, spider, bat, witch, etc. This project helps strengthen hands and isolates wrist and finger movements.