No, I didn't have any Styrofoam to use. So I was asking my dear husband and he suggested my craft foam. Duh! Anyway...does it work? Very nicely!
Yellow craft foam background-designed with washable markers. I might pull out craft foam and permanent markers. That would be a nice change of pace for some of our drawing activities.
1st print that was made.
Be sure to dampen the paper evenly, before pressing lightly onto foam. We used a damp sponge. Obviously some parts of the paper were wetter than other parts.
2nd print.
Yes, I agree that these should be monoprints but we were just exploring. I took this picture while it was still damp. You can see the darker spots were it was damper. So, if you try to do a print...make sure that your paper is good and damp. :-) And press firmly!
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Side note:
This was a project to go along with a Monet lesson. At first I thought it really didn't have much of a connection when I skimmed the lesson. But I love how the print is makes the project so "soft" looking. 4th grader enjoyed this lesson. I'll be having it available for the other students also.
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