Using soft foam sheets (you can also recycle styrofoam packaging, such as the type used for meat and some vegetables), and etching into them with moderately sharp lead pencils, you can create cool monoprints. If you use a super-sharp pencil or other sharp implement (such as a skewer) you are likely to get tearing of the foam. Don't press too hard into the foam either, to avoid going right through it. I like to use acrylic paint for printing with the foam, but you could experiment with other inks.
Below are some examples from a Katoomba class these April School hols:
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