Wax resist pictures are fun and easy to create. All you need is some paper, wax crayons, watery paint and a paint brush. You can make patterns and pictures – it’s very easy and relatively mess free.
If you want to create a pattern then it’s fun to start with taking a crayon for a ‘walk’ around the paper. Create swirls and shapes. Then use bright wax colours to fill in some of the shapes you’ve created. You can use colour blocks, stripes, stars and circles – anything you like! Use white crayon on white paper to create some shapes. When you are happy with what you have made paint it all over with a thinned watery paint. I used blue ready mix paint that I watered down.
Let it dry and enjoy your wax resist picture!
You can also have fun making marks with a white wax crayon on white paper and painting over the colour wash.
This is a fun activity for a rainy day – here’s a link to a cup cake case craft that’s also great for the holidays.
I used crayola wax crayons which worked really well – and are bright colours.
Foy young children use chunky crayons
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