Printing with bubble wrap is a great intro to printmaking. I love how these circles end up looking like marbles.
1.
I cut panels of bubble wrap that were smaller than the journal pages so
that the paint wouldn’t go all the way to the edges. The students were
given a brush, acrylic paint and paper plate. After spreading the paint
out on the plate, the bubble wrap was pressed into the paint (bubble
side down) and then printed in the center of a blank journal page.
2. After a successful print was made, the students pressed a paper towel on top of the page to absorb any extra paint.
3.
When the paint felt dry, the students used colored pencils to color in
the bubbles.