This method of potato printing is very simple and easy and is great for preschoolers as they can grip the potato easily and firmly as they work.
Cut a potato in half and choose a cookie cutter that will fit inside the circumference. We used a small heart. Push it firmly into the potato and then pull it out again.
There should be a nice, deep imprint of the shape in the potato. Use a sharp knife to cut away the outside of the shape. It doesn’t matter what it looks like, as long as the original shape is intact!
Wipe the surface of the potato until it’s fairly dry, or else it won’t absorb paint very easily and may slide all over the paper. Set out some ordinary paint into shallow dishes and demonstrate how to dip the potato into it and then print directly onto paper.
Cakie chose to use a paintbrush to apply the paint onto the heart shape that way, and it worked very well. Either method is fine.
She then enjoyed printing the stamp over and over on lots of sheets of paper. We used two colours which, when slightly mixed together through the process, looked really beautiful!
I’m pretty sure that Cakie will do some special mark-making in at least 25 of these ALL for Daddy! Hmpff 😉
- creativity: experiment with painting and printmaking using a range of media and materials, explore colour mixing
Very pretty Anna! Great idea!
thanks Melissa! just simple but good old fashioned creating!
Hang on a minute. Did I just see you pop up on Apartment Therapy?
Amazing! Surely this counts as hitting the blogging big-time, right? 😉
So pleased to see your lovely blog getting so successful.
Oop,s reply below! Still getting used to the reply thread function!
Haha, yes in blogging terms, I guess so! (even better if I was writing over there myself eh?!) Thanks!
Love this! Was hoping to do some potato printing with my 18 month old over the next week so this will be a great option! 🙂
Great! If it doesn’t work (potatoes too slippy) then try using cookie cutters dipped in paint instead, as they are steadier and don’t slide!
We did potato printing last year. I love the way potato prints look!
Me too! I love all print effects really- so beautiful!
These are beautiful Anna!!!
I had never thought of this before…I will use it print plastic cards when i needed.
Thats a really great idea! My daughter says: -Mom it’s soo cool! When’ll we do this? We did. It is really nice:):) Thanks for the idea!
Lisa