DIY Stamps – Swimmy

We’re back with this month’s Virtual Book Club – and we’re celebrating Leo Lionni!  The book we chose from his collection of amazing books was Swimmy.

It’s such a sweet book…

Deep in the sea there lives a happy school of little fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding . . . until Swimmy comes along. Swimmy shows his friends how—with ingenuity and team work—they can overcome any danger.

Though, my absolute favorite thing about this book is the artwork – it’s organic, and beautiful, and colorful, and lovely.  It made me think of handprints, finger-painting, and handmade art.  That’s when this lovely idea popped into my head!  Let’s make some stamps!  Some super simple stamps that create the most magnificent organic fish shapes – using craft foam.  SERIOUSLY these are beyond simple to make – it took us all of 5 minutes TOTAL to make them & get our stamp on!

Here’s what you’ll need to make these DIY stamps:

• fish templates (see below)
• pencil
• scissors
• adhesive backed foam sheet
• wooden rectangles
• plain stamp pad & multi color stamp pad
• cardstock

How to make these DIY stamps:

• Print out the fish templates.
• Trace the fish outline, hard with pencil.
• Flip the template over and rub the back of the penciled outline (with your finger) onto the foam, transferring the fish shape outline onto the foam.
• Cut out the fish shapes in the foam.
• Remove the adhesive backing from the fish shapes.
• Attach a fish shape to each wooden rectangle.

See – told ya – super duper easy – no artistic talent needed whatsoever.  Time to get stampin’!

I even made a print with it, created some little air bubbles, and added a fun little quote “swim in your own direction”!  Imagine the awesomeness that is possible with these DIY stamps – different shapes, colors, & textures for starters!

And here are the FREE printables – just enter your name & email and I’ll send ya the downloadable link straight away to your inbox – BAM – just like that!

Come see what everyone else has done to celebrate Leo Lionni this month for Virtual Book Club for Kids –

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Swimmy activities

DIY Stamps – Mama Miss

Fishy Math Practice with Swimmy – Inspiration Laboratories

Sticky Fish Craft for Toddlers – Toddler Approved

Watercolor Fish – Swimmy – 3 Dinosaurs

Swimmy- Alphabet Fish Game – The Educators’ Spin On It

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A Color of His Own activities

 

Chameleon Color Change Activity – Still Playing School

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Little Blue and Little Yellow activities

Little Blue and Little Yellow Sensory Writing – Growing Book by Book

Little Blue and Little Yellow Twisty Cups for Color Mixing and Story Telling – Lalymom

No Mess Colour Theory Experiment – Rainy Day Mum

Mess Free Rainbow Sensory Bags – The Pleasantest Thing

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Next month, July 9th, is Donald Crews, and his featured books are: Freight Train, Ten Black Dots, Truck

  

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