This is a great option to print with children. Safeprint sheets of polystyrene are brilliant for quick printing. You need hardly any materials – the patterns are printed with the end of a biro! You’ll just need to cut out the
shape for them as, to get neat edges, it needs to be done with a craft knife.
Draw the shape onto a piece of safeprint with a pencil.
![](https://blog.handprinted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Safeprint-001-500.jpg)
Cut it out using a craft knife.
![](https://blog.handprinted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Safeprint-002-500.jpg)
Unscrew the end of a biro and use it to press circles into the safeprint.
![](https://blog.handprinted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Safeprint-004-500.jpg)
Use the end of the biro ink tube to press in smaller dots. Add detail using a sharp pencil.
![](https://blog.handprinted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Safeprint-005-500.jpg)
Roll out a thin layer of block printing ink onto a tray.
![](https://blog.handprinted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Safeprint-007-500.jpg)
Roll the ink onto the safeprint.
![](https://blog.handprinted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Safeprint-008-500.jpg)
Place the safeprint face down onto a card. Use a dry roller to roll all over the back of the safeprint.
![](https://blog.handprinted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Safeprint-009-500.jpg)
Carefully lift off the safeprint to reveal your print!
![](https://blog.handprinted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Safeprint-010-500.jpg)
To make this card you will need:
- Cards
- Safeprint Polystyrene
- Biro
- Pencil
- Scalpel and cutting mat
- Roller x 2
- Inking tray
- Relief Printing Ink