Collagraphs with Cardboard

Have extra cardboard sitting in storage?  Get the cardboard out and make collagraphs.  

Directions:

Prep Work:

I cut lots and lots of 1 inch strips of cardboard.  This made the projects so much easier for the kids.

I chopped 8 x 8 inch squares of cardboard so they could trace and cut circles.

The Kids:

1-Painted 2 squares with acrylic on paper (let dry)

2-Traced and cut a circle out of big squares of cardboard

3-Cut and placed pieces of cardboard around the circle

4-Hot glued the design to the circle cardboard

5-Rolled acrylic paint on the cardboard with the design

6-Placed the painted paper on the cardboard with design

7-Cleaned off cardboard with design (paper towel and water)

8-Rolled acrylic paint on the cardboard with the design

9-Placed the other half of the painted paper on the cardboard 

I really let the kids run with this project.  By run, I mean they had freedom.  Here's George Michael singing about freedom.

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