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Printing with Nuts and Bolts and Screws

Posted on September 3, 2013 24 Comments

I cleaned out the laundry cabinet that has been sitting on our back deck for the past two years. It seems I may actually get a laundry in the near future and the cabinet made it’s way back inside, but not before I removed piles of random junk from inside it. Among the junk I found a surprising number of nuts bolts and screws which somehow didn’t make it out to the shed. They sat on my kitchen bench for a few days before I decided to take matters into my own hands… and paint with them!

Easy art for kids - Printing with Nuts, Bolts and Screws.

Printing with Nuts and Bolts and Screws!

You’ll need…

Easy art for kids - Printing with Nuts, Bolts and Screws.

  • Paint
  • A container to put your paint in and some sponges or material to make ‘stamp pads’
  • Paper
  • A selection of nuts and bolts
  • A smock or apron
  • A damp cloth to wipe hands.

Of course that laundry cabinet didn’t have any sponges in it so I cut up some polar fleece and put it in a recycled plastic tray to make our stamp pads and it worked great. I put a good dollop of paint into each section and swished it around till it had soaked in a little and then we were ready to print.

Easy art for kids - Printing with Nuts, Bolts and Screws.

We were quite surprised that the hexagonal nuts didn’t print hexagonal shapes! It wasn’t until we looked closer that we saw there was a clear circular rim sitting higher than the hexagonal shape, which is what printed.

Easy art for kids - Printing with Nuts, Bolts and Screws.

We discovered some of the bolts had numbers and letters on them that printed onto the paper.

Easy art for kids - Printing with Nuts, Bolts and Screws.

Our favourite were the screws with the different patterns on their heads which made really interesting prints.

Easy art for kids - Printing with Nuts, Bolts and Screws.

The bolts and screws were the perfect size for little hands to manipulate and this was a quick and easy art activity that was lots of fun.

Easy art for kids - Printing with Nuts, Bolts and Screws.

We think these prints would make great cards or wrapping paper!

Easy art for kids - Printing with Nuts, Bolts and Screws.

Do you like printing? What other objects have your printed with?


You can find more of our printing activities here.

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    June 20, 2014 at 10:01 pm

    […] be fun toys (of course under supervision and of the appropriate size). Picklebums used them for printing and painting and Hands On As We Grow used them as a fine motor […]

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    August 12, 2014 at 2:58 pm

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  3. 16 Easy Printmaking Projects for Kids - TinkerLab says:
    October 20, 2014 at 11:01 am

    […] nuts and bolts into paint and repeat these cool shapes all over paper: […]

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  4. Playing with nuts, bolts and washers - Laughing Kids Learn says:
    July 29, 2015 at 12:00 pm

    […] We had such a great time playing with nuts, bolts and washers from our local hardware store. It is such a cheap way of getting your children to play and explore and if you’re looking for a creative and artistic approach to follow up, I’d recommend Picklebum’s post on painting with nuts, bolts and screws.  […]

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