Texture-Triangle Quilt

Art builds children's confidence and coordination. With these no-sew quilts kids discover the importance of patterns, colors, shapes, and texture.

1. Peel wrappers from Crayola® Crayons. Under pieces of white paper, place textured objects such as carpet backing or rubber mats. Rub gently with the side of your peeled crayons. Create several different textures and colors.

2. With Crayola Scissors, cut your crayon rubbings in various sizes of small triangles.

3. Cut a new piece of white paper with a square to form your quilt. Fold it once in each direction to make four quilt squares.

4. Fill each of these squares with the smaller triangles containing your crayon rubbings. Experiment with different patterns, textures, and color combinations. Glue on your design with Crayola Glue Sticks.

Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project.

Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.

Far-Away Friends

Queen of Hearts Card

Magical Charm Bracelets

Crafts

crayola supplies

• Crayons
• Glue Sticks
• Blunt-Tip Scissors
• Construction Paper

household supplies

• textured items, such as sandpaper, screen, paper doilies, rubber sink mat

"The kids gained a sense of building something from scratch. They all did several quilts and put them together for a beautiful wall hanging."
Philippe C., father of kids ages 5 to 9.

"Shapes and sizes came alive as kids cut, fit, and glued them for this project."
Elaine Z., youth group leader.

Shapes contribute to arts' meaning and mood. Look at a painting to identify the shapes. Are they geometric, such as the triangles in this quilt? Or biomorphic (shapes found in nature)? Are the shapes soft and blended, or bold and stiff?