We tried a little ghost writing in our class. You can call a process that you do many times by a different name and add perhaps a different color of paint and suddenly the process is very new and interesting once again…
For each child, I placed a small amount of white tempera paint in a black Styrofoam tray. The children used cotton swabs to make their ghost writing on the black tray…
I also set out black construction paper for the children either to add some ghost writing on the paper…
Or they could make prints of their ghost writing on the trays…
Most of the children tried it both ways…
By repeating a process, the children get more proficient in the process. By modifying the process to reflect a new season, holiday, or other interest of the child – the children stay more interested in the process…
Here are some of our ghost writing prints that I saved and put on the wall..
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I love their pictures and how you displayed them on the wall!
Thank you:)
Wow! just love it! my ghost obsessed girl will love it! The combination of black and white is just wonderful. We had done line arts using chalk on black construction paper to go along with book “In a Dark, Dark woods!”
https://creativitymypassion.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-dark-dark-wood.html
I need to find my copy of that book!
What type of paint do you use?
This is just white tempera paint.
Love the title! Very fun yet simple idea that I never would’ve thought of! Sweet!
The kids like it better too when you give it a fun title:)
ok super fun. I think I need to try this! love your ideas!!
Thank you for all your comments Cat:)
LOVE THIS! such an awesome creative idea!! We will defintly will be doing this next week!!! Thanks for sharing! i just love this website and all the ideas!!! Its helped me sooo much!
I am so glad you are enjoying my site Jill:)
It is funny… I agree when adding a word like “ghost” it adds a whole dimension. AS an art teacher even 5th graders would start talking about ghost stories when we did “ghost” prints. (prints that are the lightest quality after printing many times) Silly kids!
Haha – I think even grown-ups enjoy a new little spin on familiar ideas.
this looks so fun! i will have to try using q-tips. my son refuses to write in paint with his fingers ((but he’ll get down and dirty with shaving cream!)) we are going to be doing your egg-cracking painting (from that one newscast that this was in) next week!
Haha – you are? I haven’t done that in quite some time.
Simple & cute ~ love it! Thanks for sharing. I would love for you to link up at https://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/search/label/Linkey%20Parties
~Beth
I will stop by Beth!