Stamping & Printing

This week is Art the Preps had lots of (messy) fun experimenting with stamping and printing of lemons and carrots. The was an open ended experimental Art lesson in which the art was all about experiencing and enjoying the process and learning from it rather than working towards a certain end product.








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