• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
    • Email Me
    • Disclosure & Copyright
  • Start Here
  • Subscribe
  • Privacy Policy
  • Books for Moms

Creative Family Fun

Your one-stop shop for kids activities and family fun

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • Spelling Activities
  • Family Fun
  • STEM
  • Movie Night
  • Toddler Activities
You are here: Home / Art / Cityscape Printmaking

Cityscape Printmaking

March 5, 2013 By Terri Thompson

Sharing is caring!

0 shares
  • Share
  • Tweet

Project Around the World has taken us to Alaska, through Canada, and now we are spending time in The Big Apple, New York City.

We’ll be exploring the Statue of Liberty, the subway system, Broadway, and The Museum of Modern Art, but first we wanted to pay homage to the streets of New York with a fun printmaking project.

Disclosure: There are Amazon Affiliate and other affiliate links in this article which means, at no additional cost to you, we could receive compensation for our recommendations. You can read our full disclosure policy on our Disclosure Page for more details.

Supplies Needed
Craft foam
Scissors
Glue
Heavy cardboard
Gray & lilac paint
Foam brushes
Black construction paper

The first part of our project was making the stamps.

We cut simple rectangles out of craft foam. A thicker craft foam works better, but just use what you have.

A grown-up will want to tackle the windows; I used a sharp paper cutter to slice ours.

The shapes don’t have to be perfect or intricate. In fact, our imperfections are what made the project turn out so well.

Once we had our buildings cut out, we glued them onto heavy cardboard. We recycled a shipping box for our stamps; it was the perfect weight.

After the glue dried, we started stamping.

We used gray and lilac paint to try and mimic the look of a city at night.

The girls brushed an even coat of paint on a stamp, then gently pressed it down on their paper.

They were amazed at how great their buildings looked. They then got to work making a city.

Once they were done printing, the girls added a few details such as a street, doorways, and clouds.

Lizzie even added the weather star on the top of one of her tallest buildings after we read about it in a book.

I love how our cityscapes turned out and I know we’re going to have great fun exploring New York.

One of these days, I hope to actually get to visit New York, but until then, we’re enjoying our virtual trip. Hope you come along with us!

Have you ever been to New York City? What it your favorite place to visit there?

The following two tabs change content below.
  • Bio
  • Latest Posts

Terri Thompson

Terri is a writer and mom of two elementary-aged girls. She has a passion for learning and is always looking for ways to make learning fun. You can find her here writing about fun learning activities, art, craft, and family fun ideas.

Latest posts by Terri Thompson (see all)

  • Thanksgiving Math Activities for Kids - November 10, 2022
  • Paper Plate Tambourine Kids Craft - May 15, 2022
  • Outdoor Shape Activities for Kids - May 9, 2022

Recent Posts

  • Thanksgiving Math Activities for Kids
  • Paper Plate Tambourine Kids Craft
  • Outdoor Shape Activities for Kids
  • Shape Hopscotch Outdoor Game
  • Butterfly Paper Plate Wreath Craft

Primary Sidebar

Footer

Categories

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Designed by The Blog Surgery

Creative Family Fun uses cookies to improve your experience. These cookies provide feedback to our analytics and advertisers. We use the information to track views of the site, where you go and to know if you are a regular visitor or brand new as well as provide a personalized experience where possible. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Reject Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT
0 shares