The block prints were such a hit last summer that I had to bring it back again!
This time I had the students design a botany scene or symbolism for an outdoor event held at the Tree. The George School tree is basically the school mascot. Tree is a time set aside everyday after lunch for all groups to meet for announcements, activities, and fore exciting cheer and events.
I cut circles from the tops and bottoms of togo boxes to serve as the "stamp" that students were to design. When you draw into one of these porous squares, it pushes down from the pressure and creates a low relief stamp. Once students were happy with their stamp, they were sent over to an inking station where they would use ink rollers on their stamp and make 2 prints. Students would be printing using one of two selected green block printing ink. One print was donated to make up the collaborative print, the second they could keep. Large prints were created is small groups to form bonds between the international students from the ESL Horizons Camp and regular campers. It was a fantastic communication and cultural learning experience for all of the kids.
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