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. This makes for a beautiful base students can use for writing and sharing a holiday greeting. 

At the Wixie home page, ask students to open the Curriculum Activities 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:

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

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! 

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 via Family Sharing.

If students have access to a printer, they can always print their greetings using one of the many print options or download it as an Image, PDF, animated GIF. and more. 

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

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.