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!

Cardboard Tube Sssssnakes!

So I am a bit of a collector. I had been hanging onto cardboard tubes from paper towel for awhile trying to think of something cool to make. When I came across this great post from NurtureStore on how to make a Junk Model Snake. Here is our interpretation!

What we started with: Poster Paints and Cardboard Tubes cut into smaller sections. (we used ones from paper towel, I don't like to use ones from toilet paper due to hygiene)

Master E had a great time painting all the tubes.

All of our tubes laid out to dry.

Once dried we chose a piece of tube to be the head. Of course Master E choose green. I then helped him to thread some ribbon through and flattened the tube and secured with staples.

It took awhile for Master E to get the idea of pushing the ribbon through the tubes, but when he did he was of and racing.

He then threaded until his heart was content!

Once he was finished threading I secured the end by threading the ribbon back around itself and tying it off.

Master E then used a permanent marker to draw on a face and I cut the ribbon to make a forked tongue.