Art Project #77-- Shamrock Zentangles on Scratch Paper

I spent the past weekend cleaning out our supply closet and came across a lot of great art materials that we had been neglecting.

I pulled out the scratch paper today knowing that the boys thoroughly enjoyed our last scratch art project.

Rather than just drawing a picture together though I wanted to do something a bit different.  I thought we'd make some fun and colorful zentangle shamrocks for St. Patrick's day.



It was the perfect quick, and easy project to add to our 100 Days of Art Challenge.

The boys wanted me to draw their Shamrocks so I played around with various ways to draw nice large shamrocks that took up most of our paper.  Then we all sat down and set to work.



My boys remembered zentangle from our turkeys so they were all set to work on their own.  We did find that lines were easier to scratch out of our paper than circles or dots but we had fun playing around with lines, colors and shapes.








The boys made some really beautiful shamrocks.





We found our scratch paper on Amazon:




Our other art projects:
Project 1: Painting with Hexbugs
Project 2: Tissue paper flowers
Project 3: Star Wars Crafts
Project 4: Watercolor compass circles
Project 5: Floral pens
Project 6: Watercolor outlines
Project 7: Scratch art jellyfish
Project 13: Water gun art
Project 14: Watercolor Kits
Project 15: Dragonfly Silhouettes 
Project 16: Painting pet rocks 
Project 17: Spray Paint Resist
Project 18: Water bottle windsock
Project 20: Tin can windsock 
Project 21: Firework glue art
Project 22: Qixel art kit
Project 26: Spray Painted Canvas
Project 28: Tin Foil Art
Project 29: Oil Pastel Bubbles 
Project 32: Drip Painted Pots
Project 33: Sun Art 
Project 36: Art Museum field trip. 
Project 39: Painting Pikachu 
Project 40: How to Draw Books
Project 42: Splatter Paint Canvas
Project 46: Tissue Paper Leaf Art
Project 50: Drawing Cat Faces 
Project 51: Making Homemade cards

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Comments

  1. BeccaMarch 4, 2017 at 10:27 AM

    These are so cool! I may have to try this with my boys! I'm coming over from Amandas books and more's linky party ! Loving your blog!
    http://raisingtheroofsblog.blogspot.com

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    1. Mother of 3March 4, 2017 at 4:09 PM

      Thank you! That's always nice to hear! Glad you found this idea helpful.

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  2. Coombe MillMarch 5, 2017 at 6:39 PM

    Some beautiful intricate designs #PracticalMondays

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  3. Amy milcicMarch 6, 2017 at 1:58 PM

    Awesome idea!! Can't wait to try it out with my boys;)

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    1. Mother of 3March 6, 2017 at 5:33 PM

      It was so fun and simple! We'll definitely be trying it again.

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  4. CrystalMarch 6, 2017 at 6:58 PM

    I love the Pokemon and Spider-Man clothes they are wearing!! They look so comfortable and able to focus. This is powerful art kids! I think you all did a wonderful job! Mom, I love that you modeled before hand. Do you have a link to the scratch paper? Is it something we can find at a dollar store? ~The Afterschool House

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    1. Mother of 3March 6, 2017 at 7:54 PM

      Aw, thank you! This is the kit of scratch paper we bought from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Scratch-Art-Paper/dp/B000CD2ZB2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488847978&sr=8-1&keywords=multicolor+scratch+paper. But I have seen scratch paper around at local craft stores too.

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  5. Swapna (Practical Mom)March 8, 2017 at 1:13 PM

    Intriguing! I added Scratch Paper on my Amazon wishlist. The india store has a non-branded one for $3, super kicked about that!

    #practicalmondays

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    1. Mother of 3March 8, 2017 at 2:47 PM

      Oh great! There are quite few tutorials for making your own scratch paper on the internet too. I can remember making some once in art class.

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    2. Swapna (Practical Mom)March 9, 2017 at 7:54 AM

      Really? will look it up!

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    3. Mother of 3March 9, 2017 at 10:37 AM

      Here's a link to one set: http://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-for-kids/scratch-art-paper/

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  6. JulieMarch 8, 2017 at 1:52 PM

    I had never heard of a zentangle before- or seen scratch paper in that size. Thank you for opening my eyes to this! I see so many future possibilities! I love your shamrocks, too, the rainbow is perfect for them.
    Thanks for sharing at My Busy Beehives link party this week, please come again! #beeparty

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    1. Mother of 3March 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM

      Thanks! We just branched out into Zentangle around Thanksgiving and while my boys don't LOVE it we do all find it quite relaxing. There is something very zen in knowing you are just repeating the same pattern over and over and over again in one little block of the paper.

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    2. Mother of 3March 13, 2017 at 2:24 PM

      Thank you!

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  7. Lisa TMarch 10, 2017 at 1:48 PM

    How cool! We haven't done scratch art in a long time.

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    1. Mother of 3March 10, 2017 at 2:52 PM

      We rarely think to do it either but it always a fun and low mess project that I often why we don't do it more.

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  8. Kym ThorpeMarch 11, 2017 at 9:53 AM

    Lovely! A perfect project for St Patrick's Day!

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  9. Sum of their StoriesMarch 6, 2018 at 6:57 AM

    How lovely, I used to love using scratch paper when I was a kid. We used to make our own too but it was never quite as successful as the real stuff.

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    1. Mother of 3March 6, 2018 at 5:23 PM

      Yeah, we thought about making our own but I never had great success with it.

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