Foam printmaking

Little Artists on Instagram: "👏🏻 Collagraph prints in TWO colours! After last weeks success printing our foam collagraphs, this week classes experimented with using two colours instead of one. The results are so lovely! This is such a great activity 🤩 I love printmaking 💜 #collograph #printmaking #printmakingforkids #artactivitiesforchildren #arteducation #print #artteacherfollowloop #artteachersofinstagram #primaryart #primaryartideas"

Art projects that are fun for both parents and children.

Let me start out by saying this has been one of the most successful and visually stunning projects that I've ever done with my students. It is definitely the most exciting printmaking project that we've ever done at Thomas. I wrote the lesson and went into the project thinking that it would probably be pretty good. I told my students that I'm absolutely blown away by the results of their talent and hard work. This lesson is a keeper. My previous 4th grade printmaking lesson was decent, but…

Try out this classroom friendly styrofoam printmaking art lesson with full length tutorials inspired by music and the Harlem Renaissance!

This step-by-step block printing lesson teaches how to do linocut and foam printing with your students complete with block printing supplies and videos.

Printmaking with foam stickers is an easy and fun art project that you can tailor it to all ages.

Scratch-foam boards are an amazing, safe way for younger children to experience printmaking. No special tools are required, and the results are soooo cool.

It's easy to make a print from a styrofoam plate or meat tray. Start by drawing a simple design on the styrofoam with a ball point pen. Impress the design just hard enough to make an indentation without going through the styrofoam. Next roll out some printing ink (or acrylic paint) on a tray. If you don't have a breyer you can roll the ink or paint with a small sponge paint roller. Roll out a thin layer of ink (or paint) over the styrofoam. Notice the ink lays just on top and doesn't flow…