Making potato stamps is fun and – assuming you’ve got already got paint – is as cheap as a bag of potatoes!
1. Start with large potatoes. Wash, dry and cut them in half.
2. Draw the shape you’d like to stamp on the inside of the potato. Remember to keep it pretty simple because you will have to cut out the shape.
3. Carve out your shape carefully, about 1 cm deep.
4. Dip the potato half in paint and stamp away! Use poster paint for paper paintings or try fabric paint on a t-shirt.
5. Rinse and dry completely before switching paint colours.
Another fun twist on this idea is to make stamps from fruit and veg and turn them into people! Check out the project below and with full instructions at Kaboose.
This is an easy-to-organise activity that children are sure to love. Plus, once you have helped carve the potato shapes, it also requires very little supervision, so you can get on with all the chores you’re sure to have, or relax with a game of foxy bingo. There’s no limit to the potato shapes you might try, and children are sure to be amused for hours!
