PrintMaking Ornaments

During this lesson on printmaking, we explored the history through a PowerPoint presentation. For the hands-on activity, we created Christmas ornaments. We started by sketching two different designs on the rubric, choosing images that reflected our personalities, family, culture, or traditions. After comparing the two sketches, we selected one to develop further. Then transferred onto a smaller square piece of paper. Once the drawing was complete, we placed it on a piece of styrofoam and secured one side with tape. We carefully traced over the design, pressing firmly so the image would transfer onto the styrofoam. After tracing, we cut out w/ scissors. The next step was painting. We placed the ornament on a plain sheet of paper and used a brayer to evenly roll paint onto its surface. Then, we pressed the ornament onto the construction paper with a dry brayer, to transfer the design. We repeated this process once more with our own ornament, and two times using our partner’s ornament. Each partner’s ornaments were painted in blue and red. To finish, we added strings to make it look like the ornaments were hanging.

Extension-

After printing your ornaments, cut out several copies of them and create a holiday-themed collage on a larger sheet of paper. You can overlap the ornaments, arrange them in a pattern, or even add extra details like glitter, markers, or small drawn decorations. This extends the project by exploring composition, layering, and creativity without requiring much extra time or materials.

 

I chose the blue ink as Spiderman

My partner did red and had a Christmas tree and snowflakes.

For my string I chose gold crayon and added loops