Cork Printed Wrapping Paper

There are so many things you can print with- pretty much anything will make a print. For this project we needed fun wrapping paper- fast. And “confetti” is so:

a) fun
b) popular
c) easy to make with “wine corks”


We tested 4 cork types (not all made of real cork):
Natural, agglomerated (cork bits stuck together), a rubber cork and a synthetic cork.









The agglomerated and rubber corks were my favorites to print with but synthetic didn’t work very well at all (and I was surprised).

The natural corks printed with a lot of variations - sometimes very clean and fully filled in and others printed mottled dots.

 

We used pigment inks- which take a little longer to dry – hence hanging the paper up but they dry bright and they're what I had on hand.  
The boy twirled his cork and made some excellent patterns.














This is just a fun random project-perfect to do on a rainy day and then you have wrapping paper for the future.





















And it’s a good thing to do before you break your arm mountain biking-at the start of summer break.So sad.