What You Need:

• crayons
• paper
• toothpick or another small scraping tool
• newspaper

How To Do It:

1. Colour the whole paper with lots of different inter-locking colours.
2. Cover over your design with the black crayon.
3. The next part is messy, so spread lots of newsprint under your picture.
4. Use the toothpick to scrape a design on the black crayon. You scrapings will reveal bright multicoloured lines that look great against the black background.
5. Roll up the newsprint and throw away the mess.

Originally published as part of an article in The Orleans Star, January 23, 1996.