Texture of the Week: Rokr Puzzle pieces + Bingo Cards

My brother is always one for creative gifts. Over the years, he has purchased a few Rokr wooden puzzles for my son.  

The first one was a marble maze when my son was 7 years old. I ended up helping him complete this very complex (too much for his age) puzzle. We were both proud of ourselves when we managed to get the first marble through the whole contraption. 

A few years later, my son received a different Rokr puzzle from his Uncle and was able to start it on his own. He was managing pretty well until he put a certain piece on backwards. We both spent a long time trying to undo his mistake without breaking any parts, but eventually gave up. I think we intended to try again another day, but it ended up getting buried in his closet...until this summer. 

My son is now a teenager and has been slowly changing posters and other objects in his room to reflect his move away from childhood. When we stumbled upon the unfinished puzzle during a closet cleaning, I decided some of the leftover wooden pieces might work for gel printing. 

The unfinished balsa (?) wood worked so well for removing paint from the plate. I'm sure as it gets used, it won't continue to exact that much, but I may like the results as it ages. 

I was able to stamp the small round pieces in some of the holes, as well as near the large grid, for a mix of circles. 

One unexpected bonus came from my printing substrate. I just happened to grab some old Bingo cards before I started the video, and was pleasantly surprised to see the cards left an image transfer in the ghost print. 

Always fun to have a 2-for-1 when you're gel printing, do you think?