Step Two Using a pencil, etch designs or letters into squares to create a stamp.
Step Three Tape, velcro or hot glue your styrofoam stamp to a wood block or other item to make it easier to hold. Only use hot glue if you are not going reuse the blocks.
Step Four Start stamping! If you are using velcro you can replace the stamps as desired with other foam letters. This way you don’t need a separate block for each stamp.
DIY Stamp Pad
If you don’t have ink pads, make your own!
Mix tempera paint and glue with the following ratio: 3 parts paint, 1 part glue.
Cut sponges to fit small plastic containers, and mix the paint/glue right in the container to make mini ink pads.
Cover tightly with a lid to prevent drying out. If they become gooey add a little water to dilute.
Tips
If you don’t have a stamp pad and don’t want to make one here’s the BEST.TIP.EVER. Ink the styrofoam with washable markers and then stamp!
To make a word stamp, place two or more loop stickers on a rectangular wood block. ( if you don’t have rectangles tape two square blocks together).
Always remember to place the letters of the word you wish to spell on the stamp BACKWARDS!
Looks Like
Johannes Gutenberg. Johannes Gutenberg perfected the printing press in 1450. The printing press is a printing system that uses interchangeable letters AKA movable type to mass produce printed materials like books. In a printing press each letter is set in place to forms words in a frame also known as a chase. Paper is then pressed onto the inked letters. What you have done by making a stamp with interchangeable letters is the same concept.
Prior to the invention of the printing press, books were copied by hand and not available to most people. Fast forward to today and the printing press seems antiquated since most printing is done with the help of computers. However the printing press is one of those historic inventions that changed the world, literally, giving everyday people access to books and information.
More
So now that you’ve made a “mini printing press” what can you do with your DIY stamps?
Make art prints to frame.
Personalize a T-shirt. Instead of printing these with ink, use fabric paint.
I’m real excited I found this cuz I ‘ve made stamps in the past similar to these but, could not figure out how they could stamp with them easily. Those velcro thingys are perfect
nice idea i tried this with my young brother and sister they were so excited to do this and also this helped for their preparation of exams.
Thank you so much for sharing the idea!
I’m real excited I found this cuz I ‘ve made stamps in the past similar to these but, could not figure out how they could stamp with them easily. Those velcro thingys are perfect
Yay! I’m glad you liked this solution Faigie! Velcro solves every problem 😉
So cool, I really want to try that.
Thanks Harmony!
nice idea i tried this with my young brother and sister they were so excited to do this and also this helped for their preparation of exams.
Thank you so much for sharing the idea!