Printmaking for elementary students

This monoprint project is full of texture & color. Grab the crayon and sandpaper and dig into this fun printmaking process for kids!

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.

Learn how to make multiple prints for greeting cards and art for framing using a styrofoam produce tray and paint roller. Terrific art activity for kids of all ages from preschoolers to teens.

This past week my 4th graders have been working on some radial printmaking. To begin the project, we started by reviewing a PowerPoint which goes over the three basic types of symmetry; linear or bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry, and asymmetry. In the beginning of the year my 4th graders made mandalas, so they were already very familiar with radial symmetry and design. After the PowerPoint I gave each of my students a half-sheet of grid paper with a few 2”x2” squares blocked out (the same…

The wide variety of animals has inspired us to create these prints. We studied Expressionism in art and the use of xylography (woodblock engraving) in the early 1900s, this topic has inspired us to…

Easy printmaking ideas for all kids! These simple projects include ideas for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary. They're great for playgroups, older kids, and multi-age homeschool.

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…

Teach basic printmaking to your elementary art students with this styrofoam printmaking lesson.

Printmaking Students in 5 th grade studied different types of printmaking in art and learned that printmakin...