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(( — Arts and Crafts

Food Printing

Skills: Print Making, Creativity, Finc-Motor Skills, Following Directions Activity:

Providc children with shccts of construction paper and aJlow them to do any or all of the following food printing activities. Before students begin making prints, you may want to set asidc a ąuantity of each food for students to eat after thcy have madę their prints.

Oranges

Galhcr several oranges, peeled or unpeelcd, and shallow bowls of orange tempera point. Cut the oranges in half and allow thc children to print with the paint.

Cueumber/Pickle Prints

Gather several cucumbers and cut them into 2" to 3" seotions. Place them on the art labie along with shallow bowls of grecn tempera paint, and allow thc children to make prints.

Cołorful Peppers

Gather red, yellow, and green peppers. Cut some of thc peppers in half horizontally and others vertically. Place each neur a bowl of tempera paint of the same color. Allow the children to print with the peppers on dark pieces of construction papor.

Other Food Items for Printing:

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