Cardboard Block Printing

Materials

  • Corrugated cardboard, assorted sizes

  • Craft knife

  • Glue

  • Paint & a brush

  • Paper

Instructions

  1. Find a flat, medium sized piece of cardboard for your base. We cut off the flap of a box.

  2. Using the craft knife, cut out a variety of shapes.

  3. Arrange the shapes onto the cardboard base and glue down. Note that when you make a print with your block, the design on the base will be mirrored.

  4. Quickly paint just the shapes on the block with a thin coat of paint, but still covering them completely.

  5. Turn over and press the block onto a piece of paper, pressing firmly.

  6. Lift the block off and your design will be printed on the paper. Let dry.

  7. To make more prints, paint the shapes again and print. A great part about this project is the block can be reused many times.