Pen Top Printing

Materials Needed:

• cap to a uniball pen or any other flat top cap, 1/4" to 1/2" in diameter

• clay or theraputty

• table top easel

• toothpick

• shapes to trace

Directions:

• flatten the clay onto the tabletop easel

• with a toothpick, draw a shape, letter, or path on the clay

• hold the pen cap in a tripod grasp

• pres the open end of the cap into the clay and pull it out

• this will leave a circle print

• using only your thumb, pointer, and middle fingers, turn the cap over

• make a print with the flat end of the cap, next to the circle just printed

• repeat this alternating pattern around the whole shape

Modifications:

• push the pen cap hard into the c lay to cut out a hold for every impression

• make pictures fit a science or math lesson (worm path, eel track, somple addition problems, etc.)