In this picture above, you can see my example of what it's like to do print making with gelli pads. The supplies need for this project were jelly pads, rollers, acrylic paint, paper, various stencils and baby wipes. To start, you put down a dollop of paint that you want to act as your base color and use the roller to cover the jelly pad. For example, on the top right print I used orange as my base color, I then put a stencil over the paint, and then a piece of paper of the stencil. Using the roller, I pressed the paper onto the gelli pad. This left the pattern that you see. I then wiped off the gelli pad and roller off with a baby wipe to rid them of the paint that was on them. Next I put a small amount of black paint and used the stencil of a sun and cloud to add another layer of patter to the print! We made many different print, but chose our 4 favorites to glue on to construction paper. We finished with gluing on a notecard that had a description of our prints!
A different activity that you could do with your class involves using nature! During the fall season, you can take you students outside to pick out a few of their favorite leaves. You can use these leaves as stencils while make prints! When you have made the prints you can look at the different shapes and structures of the leaves.
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