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Printmaking with Cardboard

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Find out how you can use cardboard to make fun prints. Use these ideas to make gifts, t-shirts, wrapping paper, and more.

You can make great printing plates or stencils using cardboard. Here are some suggestions. Can you think of more ideas?

  • Cut your cardboard into simple shapes, cover the shape into paint or ink, and print away!

  • Make a more complex printing plate by cutting shapes or pictures out of one piece of cardboard. Glue the shapes into a pattern or design on another piece of cardboard. This will give you a printing plate with a raised design. Cover the design with paint or ink and press!

  • Cut a base out of cardboard and glue oither items to if to make your own creative printing plate. Try string, noodles, etc.

  • Cut shapes and designs into a piece of cardboard to make a stencil. Lay the cardboard stencil on a piece of paper or other surface and paint away!

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