lino prints by the under 10s

I'm not sure how old I was when I started doing lino prints, probably secondary school - I can remember the blood though, as it's impossible not to chop your fingers up when using sharp tools in a large group of chatty teenagers...

The primary school age members of the household spend a lot of time asking to do lino prints, (being surrounded by ink, rollers and cutting tools at all times probably giving them the idea) but I find the whole process scary and not a relaxing family activity at all!   What's wrong with felt pens only until the age of seventeen...

Compromise reached - one 'baby princess' and one 'raaing dinosaur' drawn onto lino by the artists and cut out for them by the 'lino technician' with no blood spilled  - and really the printing is the fun bit anyway...