Mark making ideas

[the26thchoice]

I am bored of the usuals... i want to do some "outside the box" things

So mark making in playdough, sand, paint, clay, with chalk and crayons, in shaving foam, etc all OUT! I recently did food mark making... they used vegetable peelings to make pictures in a large tray, cooked the potatoes,carrots etc and roughly chopped then let the kids mash it up into mash then they used cars to mark make it that.... have done b.beans and custard etc for mark making loads....

Am i missing anything new or snazzy?? Come on everyone - i am sure u have better ideas!!

[Heidi]

The thread below is from Ruthierhyme. if you just type mark making into the search option (next to the teddy & postbox) lots of other of answers/choices will come up for this subject.


This mark making list has been put together from replies and other shared experiences, please add on ..

Mark making items
Pencils
Pens
Crayons
Chalks
Pastels
Paintbrushes
Toothbrushes
Combs
Ice cubes
Frozen Paints
Cotton buds
Small car wheels
Cotton reel rolling
Dish mops
Scouring pads
Fir cone
Glue sticks
Fingers
Toes
Hands
String of beads
Rope
Cord
Wool
Ribbon
String
Tinsel
Twigs
Plant stalks - straw
Paint rollers
Highlighter pens
Droppers
Squeezy bottles and tubes
Wind up movement toys - dipped in paint (will need to be cleaned !!)

Mediums and surfaces
Foam
Sand
Gloop - Cornflour
Custard
Silly putty
Sandpaper - Waxed crayon
Clay
Playdough
Notepads
Paper
Tray of grit - Fish tank stones
Lentils
Rice
Sawdust
Soil
Wet mud
Glue spread on a surface & sprinkled glitter - pencils or sticks to make marks.
Windows
Tiled walls
Paper tissues - Felt pens and water
Mirrors
Table tops
Sheets of foil

Clothes pegs can be used as handles to hold mark making things like scrunched up rags or cotton wool pads or balls of wool.

Activities
Marbling
Stencils
Tracing
Tea bag mark making
Cotton ball mark making
Button chasing - use pencils with tips placed inside the holes of large buttons and chase them around on a chosen medium !!
Marbles & paint rolling (Supervision needed in case these are put in the mouth)

Commercial
Etch a sketch type toys
Magic writers / boards with lift & erase sheets

Role play
Telephone messages
Order taking
Letters & envelopes
Shopping lists
Menu development
Labelling & tag making - plants, gifts, jars
Garage maintenance check lists - how many wheele the vehicle/sit 'n ride has, steering wheels, is it petrol, gas, electric, or man powered - pedals colour, shape, what problem the vehicle is experiencing ..


If you know of more tracking activities, early letter/number/mark making ideas - information and website links are very welcome ...
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