Here's a great way to repurpose styrofoam plates to use in monoprinting! Watch this video for ideas on how to make your own unique reusable designs for gel printing! It's fun turning styrofoam plates into reusable texture plates with your own designs! They're perfect for creating texture plates — especially for the small Gelli® plate sizes! Here's

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Moving? Place styrofoam plates between your plates and platters to keep them from chipping! More effective and less bulk than wrapping each in paper.

Mixed media artist Lesley Iverson, or Les. on Instagram: "Styrofoam plate…. Cut it up and have some fun. Not kidding! If you are looking for different things to inspire creativity, try this. It’s cheap, easy and so much fun. I’m throwing the actual stamp into upcoming journals so you can try it out. New class is live!! See link in bio. Enjoy! #diystamp #newcraft #craftidea #stampit #letscreate #artinspires"

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If you are planning a project that entails gluing Styrofoam, you need to choose the right glue. There are glues that will not bond properly to Styrofoam and may create a mess of your project. Styrofoam glue is especially made to bond Styrofoam pieces for crafts and projects.

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It's easy to make a print from a styrofoam plate or meat tray. Start by drawing a simple design on the styrofoam with a ball point pen. Impress the design just hard enough to make an indentation without going through the styrofoam. Next roll out some printing ink (or acrylic paint) on a tray. If you don't have a breyer you can roll the ink or paint with a small sponge paint roller. Roll out a thin layer of ink (or paint) over the styrofoam. Notice the ink lays just on top and doesn't flow…