For this project, we made our very own scratch art mitten. To begin this project we used crayons to color on a sheet of thick paper about the size of our hand. We were required to use at least two different colors and had to press really hard on the paper. After coloring, we taped down our sheet of paper to some cardboard. We used black tempera paint with a little bit of soap to paint over our colored sheet of paper. While we were waiting for the paint to dry, we listened to the book "The Mitten" and learned about five different lines. Then we drew a mitten and some lines on a another sheet of paper the same size as the thick paper. Then we cut our mitten out. After the paint was dry, we traced our mitten on the black surface to scratch off the black paint. Then we scratch off the black paint to draw our lines on our mitten. After we scratch off our design, we cut out our mitten.
An extension activity for this project could be to first create two mittens and then attached a piece of yarn to connect them. After doing that the students could write a story about where these mittens have traveled from, where they are going, and who has been wearing them. This story could tie in with the lesson that the students are discussing in geography.
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