Lesson Planning

Use your knowledge of complimentary colours to help design your own batik scarf.

Teaching Outcomes:

• Develop skills for the craft of cotton batik by learning to control the application of melted wax and by engaging in, and experimenting with, different types of fabric dyeing.
• Explore and develop the skills for batik to create a cotton scarf by applying melted wax and experimenting with, different types of fabric dyeing.

Children will:

• Recap on their knowledge of the fabric craft of batik by playing an active class quiz game.
• Apply melted wax to a long cotton strip of fabric in a design of their choice (to become a batik scarf).
• Learn 3 different fabric dyeing techniques (from which the children will choose 1 for their scarf next session).
• Evaluate the wax designs/patterns achieved and then discuss the techniques used.