Make stamps from sponges and potatoes and print patterns.
Printmaking Stamps teaches third graders that printmaking makes a picture you can copy again and again. Kids make simple stamps from sponges or potatoes and print a repeating pattern at home.
Art & Creativity course · Grade 3
Printmaking Stamps · Learning goals
Printmaking means making a picture you can copy again and again. Make simple stamps from sponges or potatoes and print a repeating pattern.
Why it matters
Printmaking shows how art can be copied, an idea behind books and posters.
Stamping repeating patterns builds design skills.
Making stamps from everyday items is creative and resourceful.
Inside Printmaking Stamps
A short read-aloud lesson first, then hands-on games and a quiz to lock it in.
Step 1 · Lesson
A short read-aloud lesson in 4 steps.
Step 2 · Hands-on craft
Make your own stamps and print a pattern at home.
Step 3 · Quiz
4 questions to check what stuck.
Lesson preview
This is the real lesson text your child hears, read aloud by a friendly voice.
Printmaking means making one picture you can copy many times.
A stamp has a raised shape. Paint goes on the shape, then you press it on paper.
The print comes out backwards, like looking in a mirror!
Print the same stamp again and again to make a pattern.
For parents
Learning sticks best when kids use it in real life. Here are simple ideas from this course.
Cut a potato in half and help your child carve a simple shape. Dip it in paint and stamp wrapping paper or a card.
You need: A kitchen sponge, A potato, Paint on a plate, Paper, Old clothes or an apron, A grown-up helper.
Only a grown-up uses a knife to cut the potato.
You need: A kitchen sponge, A potato, Paint on a plate, Paper, Old clothes or an apron, A grown-up helper.
Only a grown-up uses a knife to cut the potato.
Practice
Real questions from Printmaking Stamps. Try them with your child, then tap to see the answer.
Question 1
Copy a picture many times
Question 2
Backwards, like a mirror
Question 3
A grown-up
The full course has 4 questions with instant feedback, stars and rewards. Create a free account to play them all.
Printmaking Stamps · Questions from parents
Printmaking Stamps is a grade 3 art & creativity course for kids ages 8–9. That is Year 4 art & creativity in the UK and Year 3 in Australia. It also works well for review in the next grade, or as a challenge for a confident younger learner.
Printmaking means making a picture you can copy again and again. Make simple stamps from sponges or potatoes and print a repeating pattern. Along the way they practice: Stamp Prints.
About 20 minutes in total, split into 3 short levels. Most kids finish it over two or three sessions. Progress is saved, so they can stop any time and pick up where they left off.
Printmaking Stamps is part of SkillBloom Premium, which unlocks every course in every subject. Each subject also has free courses, so your child can try SkillBloom before you decide.
No. Every lesson has a friendly read-aloud voice, questions are read aloud too, and the pictures help kids follow along. Confident readers can turn the voice off.
Yes. SkillBloom is built for homeschooling families. Kids work through lessons, games and quizzes on their own, and the parent dashboard shows what they finished and which skills need more practice. It works on phones, tablets and laptops.
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