Printed Faces with 1st Grade

A 1st Grade child's drawing of a person with a striped shirt, smiling. Background includes abstract figures and shapes in orange, featuring printed faces.

Printing with Cardboard

To print faces, cut cardboard rectangles.  Dip in paint and stamp to make faces.  We colored these with crayons and added words and letters with rubber stamps.  Aren’t they expressive?

A 1st grader using a cardboard card to paint a geometric house shape with squares and rectangles on white paper.
printing with cardboard

1st Grade child's drawing of a person with a hexagon-shaped head, colorful striped shirt, and outstretched arms. Blue scribbles in the background.

1st Grade child's drawing of a person with black hair, wearing black and orange, standing on green grass under a blue sky.

Abstract drawing of a geometric, multicolored person with spiky black hair, set against a white background with doodles and printed faces. Suitable for 1st Grade.

Abstract drawing of a person with large ears, a multicolored striped body, and various shapes and letters in the background.

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  2. Thanks for the idea. The prior project my 1st graders stamped w/cardboard and black paint letters and/or shaped with that got finished with oil pastels to create abstract picture. So this was a natural follow up once they got used to stamping with cardboard. I have some classes finish it with crayons and colored pencil others with oil pastels.