2. PUT the paper on something flat and textured (such as a leaf).
3. Hold the paper so it won’t slip.
4. Rub the unwrapped, flat side of the crayon over the paper. Make long even strokes until the texture really stands out.
5. Go on a texture hunt. Move around the room and find textured surfaces to make rubbings. Try tiles, brick, gratings, doors, etc.
Extensions
Perceptual Awareness: Make a collection of things with interesting textures. Place them in small paper bags. Describe the textures you feel. Try to have other students guess what object is inside.
Perceptual Awareness: Make a collection of different kinds of white cloth or white paper with various textures. Cut these into squares and have students sort them into look-alike groups or a raise from rough to smooth.
Science: Have students make rubbings of different kinds of leaves. See if they can identify the rubbings of large and small leaves of the same species.
Science: Have students name various animals and identify the tickets textures of their skin, scales, fur feathers or shells. Help students notice that animals textures are functional: a dolphin’s smooth skin and the scales of fish enable them to move faster in the water; rough quills project porcupines; thick fur helps northern animals warm.
Artists look closely at textures.
Printmaking: Texture Rubbings