Mono-Prints

Simple but impressive. Kids are amazed at their own artistic talent when they peel off the print and see what they’ve created.

Objectives

Children ages 5-6 years can draw recognizable pictures that are things of importance to her/him FM II
Children ages 4-5 years can draw meaningful but unrecognizable pictures FM III
Children 1 ½-2 years can scribble imitatively FM III
All children can participate in drawing dots and circular shapes.

 
 
 

Materials

Water-based block print ink; a sheet of glass; paper; block print rollers; pencils; newsprint or light weight paper.

 

Procedures

1. The teacher will roll out an area of ink for each child. Have the child smooth on a piece of paper and draw with a pencil.

2. When they are finished drawing and describing the picture they have drawn, have them peel off the paper to find a beautiful “print” on the other side.

3. These prints look very handsome when framed or mounted on cardboard.