DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Transparent Paper

Tamara and Geri both wrote in to tell us what she did to make some coloring pages look transparent.

Have the kids color a picture with crayons. They can color dark or light - it doesn't matter but darker tends to look better. Coloring pages with heavy black lines also come out a little better.

• Use crayons, NOT markers or colored pencils.
   
• Have a few bowls with a VERY small amount of cooking oil and a couple of cotton balls in them.
   
• Have the kids flip the pages over and slowly and thoroughly rub the cotton balls on the paper. (You'll see the paper turn transparent and the colors come through).
   
• Put them aside to dry (usually doesn't take long)!
   
• Cut them out and either hang them as is with a hole punched in them or frame them with construction paper.
   

Thanks guys!