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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Oil Pastel Sgraffito Ornaments


This is a colourful project my Grade 4/5 class just finished up last week. 

I was inspired by THIS VIDEO by Mari from Finland. She is SO SO talented and her Finnish accent is so relaxing to listen to!

I printed out a sheet of various shaped ornaments. Students learned about the sgraffito technique (an art technique where you scratch through a top layer of colored coating  to reveal a different colored layer underneath). They coloured each ornament with a light coloured oil pastel first. Then they layered on a darker colour. Using a wooden skewer, they scratched out different patterns.


They created a background on black paper- they did either ribbons with bows or evergreen boughs. Most went with evergreen boughs! Cut out the ornaments and glue stick them onto the black paper.









 

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