Print Making

Today in art class we were taught print making.  We were given a piece of styrofoam and then etched a design into it. We could use shapes or words.  I then chose to use light blue paper with red ink.  We used a roller to put a thin layer of paint on the styrofoam and then pressed it onto the blue paper i had chosen.  I kept doing this process until I had three prints that I liked.  Finally, we cut out the three prints.  We had to turn these three prints into a train.  I put coal in my train cars and used crayons to color a South Dakota farming country background. 

An extension activity could be have them do this design, then have them write a paper to go along with it. Describing where the train is going and the story behind it.