
Printing with peppers

Printing with fruit and vegetables is a lovely way to centre a discussion around what might be found on the inside, and then learning about seeds, stems and stones! Science and art combined.

They layered and overlapped the prints and I was able to introduce some new art vocabulary along the way…overlap, outline, line, edge, layers.
Some hand painting and printing occurred (of course!) and was added into the mix.
Some of the seeds came off and stuck to the prints, which I thought looked lovely!
The results were simple, bright, fun and very quirky.
With an older group of children I would extend this further by asking them to do line drawings of the sliced peppers, in either black ink or heavy pencils. I would ask them to examine the seeds and details really closely and add them into the drawing, finding a way to make them really stand out. They could then go on to mix their own colours and paint a picture too.
Learning Links:
- creative: printing with everyday items, exploring colour mixing, introducing concepts of overlapping and outline
- maths: talking about 2D shapes and irregular shapes
- motor skills: using simple tools/ materials with control, printing and lifting carefully
- science: predicting, examining and discussing what fruit and vegetables will look like on the inside/ talking about seeds/ names of fruit and vegetables

this looks fun as its meant to rain all weekend her in manchester i think were going to do this sat!
Love the pepper printing! The extensions for older children are great too!
Very nice, thanks for sharing.
I love painting with food! Corn is my favorite because when you roll it it looks like snake skin. We have also been known to paint with broccoli and spaghetti. This looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.
Ooo Kristin, I have some corn that is out of date now. We will do that, thanks!