Autumn is a great time to go bark-rubbing as there is so much to see.

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Photo by flickr user idreamofdaylight

You will need:

White Paper

One piece of green, orange or brown thick paper for mounting

Scissors

Brown Wax Crayon

Watery paint in autumn colours (don’t need to take this with you!)

Paintbrush and water

1. Take your paper and crayon out, lay your paper against the bark of a tree and use the side of your crayon to gently rub until the pattern emerges.

2. Back indoors, paint over the wax rubbing with watery paint so that the bark rubbing shows though.

3. Cut the bark rubbing down to size and mount onto another piece of paper - orange, brown and green work well.