Print Making with Cardboard Tubes

I had been collecting the cardboard tubes from inside paper towel for some time. Today we used them to do some printing which was very cost effective, lots of fun and made brilliant results. I came across this idea from a great blog Getting Messy With Miss Jessi.

I started by cutting the tubes into halves then cutting slits approx 3cm up the side, folding back the tabs and then cutting a pattern into each tab. We had flowers, stars and suns.

Miss G very busy printing some yellow flowers.

Master E printing some blue flowers.

And as always we end up with some budding artists who can't help but paint their hands!
Cheeky Miss L showing off her handy work!

Miss A printing away.

Some of the finished work.

Another finished piece. 

We didn't really get the hang of using the tubes as stamps and ended up with some lovely abstract art.  This activity was a huge hit and many of our budding artists went back for more paper. Think we will  be doing this one again soon!