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The Hawaiians carved petroglyph pictures into lava rock, but you can easily make "petroglyph" art with crayons, markers, paint and sand. First, here are some Hawaiian petroglyph drawings to give you ideas.
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1. Dark brown or black construction paper.
2. White glue and water mixture.
3. Sand
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1. Use the
glue/water mixture to paint the picture you want on the construction
paper. Use a paint brush. If it is a big picture, do a small part of
it at a time so the glue won't dry.
2. Cover the wet glue with sand.
3. Wait a minute, then shake the sand off. Let the picture dry.
This sand petroglyph has a lot of movement in it. See if you can show movement in your picture too!
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You
can also use paint. We used brown tempra paint.
These pictures were done with a hala brush, made from the dried fruit of the hala tree. The tree is also known as pandanus or screwpine. We have lots of these trees in Hawai'i. The Hawaiians used the leaves for weaving.
If you don't have hala brushes, you can use regular paint brushes, or markers.
This painting was made by mixing different colors of dirt or sand with glue/water and painting with it! Look around for different colors of dirt. This project was a lot of good, clean, dirty fun!
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This project is more complicated, and is better for upper grade students.
For each "rock," you will need:
a 12 oz. styrofoam bowl
sand (enough to line the styrofoam bowl)
a large three-penny nail for carving your design
3/4 cup vermiculite
3/4 cup Plaster of Paris
1/4 cup = 2 tablespoons patching cement
1/2 tablespoon paprica or 1/8 teaspoon black mortar colorant (if you want a colored rock)
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1. Put the sand in the styrofoam bowl. Make a hollow space in the middle with your fist for a mold. This is where you'll pour your rock mixture.
2. Put vermiculite in zip-lock bag. Smash the vermiculite with your fingers until it is 1/2 the size you started with.
3. Add the Plaster of Paris, patching cement, and colorant to the bag with the vermiculite. Mix together.
4. Add the water to the bag. Mix together thoroughly, but quickly.
5. Pour the mixture into the styrofoam bowl mold. Shape the edges of your "rock" gently.
6. Let the rock set for a day until it is hard. Don't wait too long. If they get too dry, they can be hard to carve.
7. Carve a petroglyph design into the top and bottom of your rock with the nail.
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