To create some stamps of your own:
1. Cut a Potato in half, and trace out your desired pattern with a sharpened pencil. Press the pencil firmly into the potato to make an outline that you will eventually cut out with a knife. Note: you can also use a cookie cutter for this step)
2. Cut the pattern out of your potato, using a paring knife. You will want your stamp to be at least 1/4" deep.
3. Using a paint brush, evenly paint the desired color onto the stamp. We used crayola washable paint for this.
4. Hold (or tape) down the paper as your child stamps, because painted potatoes like to stick to paper:).
Have fun!
2 comments:
Love it! I've decided I'm the most non-creative parent out there...and when I am it's a shock. I prefer inconsistency and my husband's non-traditional ways support my laziness. But this is something we have got to try. It's too bad I just used all of my aging potatoes for last night's dinner. I need to stay on top of citrus and then I won't have to make a big batch of mashed potatoes because otherwise they are going to grow legs and crawl away.
Hi Theresa! Ricki Leishman here, from Provo Peak 1st Ward. I found your blog through Zabel. You're so creative, what a fun mom! We made some carrot stamps, like your potato stamps, for a Primary activity here in Seattle. The kids loved it. Levi is still a little young to get into something like this, but I'm filing ideas away on the post-it notes in my brain.
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