Printmaking art lesson

Since I've spent the last couple of weeks in Printmaking Land with my second and third graders, I thought I'd share everything I know about printmaking in the elementary art room! I started to record a podcast episode which quickly turned into TWO podcast episodes. There's a lot to printmaking in the elementary art room but none of it is scary, difficult or even all that messy! My kids love it and so do I. So I'll be sharing both podcast episodes here as well as my favorite lessons. Be sure…

20 + FREE Printmaking Lessons

My 7th graders began this lesson by carving their own unique stamps on 1” square rubber erasers. Using tempera paint, they printed their stamp design on 4” squares of construction paper, experiment…

Here’s a great place to start printmaking with kids. Students create collographs using simple materials and print with tempera paint.

Second nine weeks involves printmaking projects for my 3-5 graders - if you follow me on Instagram (@smartestartists), you know we have been printing up a storm for a while now and we are ready to show off some great results. Printmaking is a favorite medium for me - it has a certain quality that you can't achieve with other methods, and you get multiple prints of your design. Here's a quick breakdown: 5th grade: reductive prints using Lichtenstein's pop art shoes as inspiration, also…

6th grade – Painted Paper Art

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…

Easy, free homeschool curriculum for elementary children, with homeschoool printables and homeschool thematic units.