Potato Stamps
Fashion your own stamps from potato. Make shapes, numbers, alphabet letters, smiley faces, or any other design you like. This versatile vegetable creates very interesting prints on paper or fabric.
Materials Needed
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Safety Guidelines
- Keep the knife out of children's reach.
- Watch out for this sign
. It means an adult's help is needed for the particular step.
Steps
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1. | Clean the potatoes first. Wash and towel dry. | |
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Cut the potato into desired shape. a.) One method is to cut the potato in half and carve out the shape at the bottom. You can even make a handle by carving out the top of the potato stamp (refer to bottom photo). |
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b.) Another method is to cut the potato into 1-inch thick cross sections then carve the entire cross section into the desired shape. Carve out some facial features or other details if you like. Make wedges or even keep the trimmings for stamping smaller shapes and details. |
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3. | Once you have made enough potato stamps, prepare different colors of paint on shallow containers. If you plan to stamp on fabric, use fabric paint, otherwise you can use ordinary poster paint or acrylic paint. | |
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4. | Dip a potato stamp in paint, making sure that the bottom is evenly-coated with paint. | |
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5. | Press the stamp firmly onto the paper or fabric. | |
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6. | Enjoy stamping using different colors of paint. Here are some fun and creative ideas that you can do: a.) Make fun random shapes
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b.) Stamp shapes to form a picture composition. Use potato wedges and trimmings to make smaller shapes and details. | ||
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c.) For oodles of fun, finger paint the details on your picture. The water bubbles, fish eyes and fins in this underwater picture were all done by finger painting. |
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