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Pixel Picture

Your own flat picture made from a connected 6 × 6 grid and colored, fully filled cells. The example shows a two-color heart, while the participant chooses their own motif, colors, and open background.

Age
8+ years
Length
approx. 65 min
Level
Easy
Where you teach
Home
Purpose
Creative
Worksheet Guide (colour) Guide (ink-saving)

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How to run this session

Stages and timing
  1. Close the frame
  2. Build the 6 × 6 grid
  3. Fill the first pixel
  4. Compose your own picture with colors

What gets built

Turn your own simple motif into a composition of square cells.

What it practises
  • Planning a simple motif on a grid.
  • Joining short PLA strands into a colored cell.
  • Choosing colors and an open background for your own composition.

Success criteria
  • The grid has six rows and six columns and a closed perimeter.
  • The selected cells have colored coverage made from connected strands; the background may remain open.
  • After cooling completely, the work is one connected picture.
  • The participant names the work, points out their own choices, and displays or gives the picture as a gift.

What you need
Filament
PLA
Colours
dark navy — 6 × 6 grid with border, coral — 16 cells of the example heart, gold — 4 cells of the example heart
Also
PLA-compatible 3D pen and its stand, 1.75 mm PLA filament, Standard transparent pad for a 3D pen, Printed 1:1 grid template, Graph paper, Colored pencils, Ruler with millimeter markings

Files

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