Printing press

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Imagination

Activity Summary

How to Play

To print you can use potato mashers, biscuit cutters, jar lids, bottle tops of different sizes, film canisters, reels, sponges cut into various shapes, a paint roller and toy cars (for tyre tracks).

Cover a low table with newspaper for easy cleaning up, help your child put on an apron, smock or old oversize shirt so your child won't get paint on their clothes. Assemble the printing tools on a tray.

Use plain white, coloured craft, or tissue paper, newspapers, brown paper bags, rough paper or cardboard.

You need an absorbent pad to hold the paint. Fold several sheets of kitchen roll into a tight rectangle. Place the pad in the bottom of a cake tin or small tray. Pour a little tempera paint over the pad. Start off with one colour, or make several pads of different colours.

What you'll need

Newspaper to cover floor and table
Apron or smock
Cake tin or small tray
Kitchen roll
Potato masher
Paint roller
Biscuit cutters
Jar lids
Bottle tops
Film canisters
Sponges
Toy cars
Paper

Learning & growing

As children create various repetitive designs, they are learning about colour, shape, pattern and composition. They are also developing greater control over the muscles in their fingers and hands, which are so important for writing, drawing and such self-help skills as tying shoelaces or fastening coat buttons.

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