Lesson 1 - Make your own stamp for printing

What are we learning to do?

• use a range of materials creatively to design and make a printing stamp.

• use painting and printing to develop and share our ideas, experiences and imagination.

• develop a wider range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space

Introduction 

Find out how by watching the clip. 

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/making-your-own-stamps-for-printmaking-6mvk6t

Activity 1 - Make your own printing stamps using whatever you can find around the house

• Make stamps from potatoes or other vegetables you can cut into shapes (ask for help from an adult for the cutting out part).
• Create a stamp from a polystyrene pizza base, polystyrene plate or bowl. 
• Glue string shapes and patterns onto pieces of corrugated card.
• Cut up sponges and print with them. 
• Wrap string around card. Paint the string and stamp the block on your paper. 

Lesson 2 - Making collagraph prints

What are we learning to do?

• use a range of materials creatively to design and make a collagraph print
• use painting and printing to develop and share our ideas, experiences and imagination.
• develop a wider range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space

Interesting facts about postage stamps

Have you ever noticed that stamps have numbers and letters on them?

• Their may be a price - can you see a price on one of the stamps?
• Their may be one of the ordinal numbers you have learnt like 1st or 2nd.
• 1st class arrives first and is the fastest way to send a letter.
• 2nd class letters take longer to get to where they are going. 
• You might see the letters ER which stands for Elizabeth Regina. 
• ER are the initials of the current queen - Regina means queen in another language (Latin)

Introduction

Watch the clip to find out how to make the stamp. 

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/making-a-collagraph-print-c4rk6d?activity=video&step=1 

Activity 1 - Make a collagraph print of your own featuring initials or letters and/or numbers

• Hunt for textured materials around your house using your sense of touch and your knowledge of materials from our Science lessons. 
• You could include a price, 1st or 2nd, the initials of a famous person or your own initials as it is your own creation. 

Alternative printing methods should you not have certain materials. 

Optional Challenge- Special Stamps Sketchbook Challenge

• Can you design a stamp to thank a hero that we have in our community?
• Can you design  a stamp featuring places in your local area?