Remember doing scratch art in the back seat on a family road trip? Scratch art cards, and the wooden stylus used to create them, are inexpensive and portable, so many students also have fond memories of them as well.

Wixie includes a folder filled with colorful Scratch Art templates. Students can use Wixie's Eraser tool to “scratch” and design art work on these templates, which makes for a beautiful base you can use for writing and sharing a holiday greeting. 

Using the scratch art templates in Wixie

To create scratch art, have your students log in to their Wixie account. At their Wixie home page, ask them to open the Curriculum library, open the Art folder, and open the Scratch Art folder.

Let your students choose the scratch art template they want to use, such as Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or even Snowflakes. (The names of the Scratch Art templates are based on the colors used for the background.) 

When students open a Scratch Art template, they simply use the Eraser tool to "scratch" a design on the page.

If they have access to a printer, students can go to the File menu and choose Print to share a print version of their design.

Recording voice greetings

Students can use the Record button to record a voice greeting. 

Not only does recording avoid having to ask young learners to type, it provides the card recipient with a much more delightful greeting! 

Sharing student work as a digital or electronic greeting card

Because Wixie works online, it is easy to share the greetings digitally with family at home, friends who live far away, or parents who are deployed. 

To send the cards to parents who are deployed or family and friends who live far away, students can copy and paste the project URL into an email or share it using Wixie. At the File menu, choose Share, and use the options on the sharing dialog.

Creating additional digital greetings

Having students create and share greeting cards provides a fun opportunity to talk about the purpose of writing, to practice writing and speaking, and to connect the work students do in the classroom to the world beyond it.

If your students enjoyed making their scratch art cards this holiday season, consider using Wixie to create and share thank you cards from class trips, Valentine's Day messages, greetings for Mother's Day and Father's Day, and much more!