Stencil printing

Stencil printing

Materials

• cardboard (thin)

• felt-tip pen

• newspaper

• paper

• scissors

• tape (transparent)

• tempera paint

• toothbrush (old)

Before you start this project, cover your work area with layers of
newspaper.

Cover yourself with an old shirt.

1. Use a felt-tip pen to draw a simple design on a piece of cardboard.
   If your design has more than one part, draw each part separately, as
   shown. Be sure to leave space between all the parts of the design.

2. Cut out each part of the design (see inside cuts, page 37). You
   now have a piece of cardboard with holes in it. This is your
   stencil. You will paint through the holes in the stencil.

3. Take a piece of blank paper and put it on a layer of newspaper.
   Place the stencil on top of the paper and tape it down on all four
   sides. The paper will show through the holes.

1. Hold a toothbrush in one hand. Use a finger of the other hand to dab
   a little paint on the bristles of the toothbrush.

Hold the toothbrush over one of the holes in the stencil. Now run your
finger over the paint-covered bristles. Be sure to move your finger
toward you, so that the paint will spatter away from you. The paint will
spatter onto the paper through the holes in the stencil. Do the same
thing over each of the holes.

1. When you finish spattering paint, carefully untape the stencil and
   lift it off the paper. Your design is now on the paper, and you have
   a stencil print to hang in your room.