Make Cave Paintings

Cave paintings are the oldest known drawings and paintings in the world. Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will become an anthropologist while exploring ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters, creating their very own cave painting. Kids start with a sheet of brown butcher paper and tear off the edges to make it look old. Then, they draw animal shapes on cardstock and cut them out. The animal shapes are placed on top of the butcher paper and lightly painted over with spray paint or watered down tempera, leaving an outline of the animal. Then the images are painted in or details are added in paint or charcoal.

What You Need:

• Butcher paper 11” x 17”
• Charcoal or willow sticks
• Cardstock paper 11” x 17”
• Brown or red Conte Crayons or oil pastels
• Pencil
• Scissors