Print and Play

05/29/2026

The best comment we ever got was "print someone who cares." 🧡

So we built Atlas, a pocket computer with a face, made from parts off the STEM wall in our shop.

21,000 lines of open code, all controlled with a single dial. A little thing that carries a whole world.

You can grab one from us, or we open-sourced the whole thing: model files, code, and a primer to program or vibe-code your own.

All free at installatlas.com.

The thing that cares was never the box. It's that somebody built it to be opened.

05/24/2026

There's a giant in this box.

Atlas is an open-source handheld packed with 24 modes: 12 of them games, and a friendly little face that brings the whole thing to life.

Small enough to fit in a pocket, deep enough to keep a curious kid (or a curious adult) busy for a long time.

It's built to be explored. Every line of the firmware is open and yours to change, so it grows with whoever's holding it. Play the games today, learn to modify and code your own modes tomorrow.

Flashing a new build takes about ten seconds, right from a web browser.

A real first project for a budding maker, and a genuinely fun tinker-toy for an experienced one.

Designed, coded, and 3D printed in Hamilton, Ontario.

$129.99 at printandplay.ca

Or build your own from scratch at installatlas.com.

05/21/2026

We built a store that can make almost anything:
lamps, electronics, rockets, custom parts, whatever you can dream up. This summer, we're teaching kids to do the same. 🚀

Print and Play summer camp:

🔧 Six kids per group

📅 One week sessions all summer

💡 Code with AI, build neon LED lamps, wire electronics, launch real rockets

🥪 Lunch included from the best spots on Locke St

🎒 Everything they make, they take home

162 Locke Street South, Hamilton

Register at printandplay.ca — weeks are filling fast.

05/04/2026

ATLAS is coming.

🇨🇦 Canada's first domestically designed and built open-source pocket companion

✋ One hand, one dial, all control

🎮 24 modes - games, tools, trivia, and a small creature inside

🛠️ Make It Yours - Fork the firmware, add your own modes, change the personality

🎓 Learn By Doing - A real device that teaches embedded development

🤝 Community Welcome - Share mods, swap ideas, build together

🔋 34-hour battery

🏠 Designed and built in Hamilton, Ontario

📅 May 24 • $129.99 CAD

🔗 printandplay.ca

04/18/2026

We're hiring! ☀️🛠️

Print and Play is looking for one great human to join our team on Locke Street — someone who can rock the retail floor AND help run our summer day camps for kids.

You'd be:
• Making every person who walks in feel genuinely welcome

• Helping customers, running the floor, and keeping the store feeling alive

• Leading kids through hands-on creative projects at summer camp

• Being part of building a real community third space in Hamilton

We're looking for:
• Someone great with kids (camp, teaching, coaching, tutoring — any of it counts)

• A natural people person who lights up the room

• Curious, open, and up for learning new things — we'll teach you everything you need to know

• Reliable, self-directed, and ready for a small-team environment where no two days look the same

Send a resume to [email protected] or drop one off and say hello at 162 Locke Street South.

04/17/2026

114 years ago this week, the largest ship in the world sank in under 3 hours.

That's why this week for Free Paint Friday, we're giving away split-apart Titanic models.

Free to paint in store from 2-6pm.

04/14/2026

This summer, kids don't just learn about 3D printing. They do it.
They design it.
They take it home.

Circuitry, coding, STEM, design, problem solving and more.

We're running two camps out of Print and Play on Locke St this summer:

🟠 Kids STEM Day Camp — Ages 7–12 | Mon–Fri | $450/week

🔵 Teen Engineering Evenings — Ages 13–17 | Tue/Wed/Thu evenings | $150/week

Groups are small (6 kids max), so it's real hands-on time, not just watching. Early drop-off and late pickup available at no charge.

Spots are going - book at printandplay.ca or through the link in our bio.

04/09/2026

The World's First Professional Curling League needed the World's First 3D printed store to make something special. So we did.

Each team is hand selected by international GM's to create a whole new vibe for the oldest team sport on the planet.

Check out broadcasting worldwide this week from Toronto!

04/03/2026