This is a bit of a classic! I'm sure most of you reading this will remember making potato or vegetable prints at school or at home. Very simple and lots of fun.
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Potato Print
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Kids LOVE painting & playing with food, this combines the two! Printing is very satisfying for children who are still developing paintbrush skills as they get to create clear shapes instantly. Amelie loves using a brush to cover the potato in paint and then pressing it on the paper.
Time taken for us to make it: 30 minutes
Cost to me: Nothing, already had potatoes in the cupboard
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| Potato Print Instructions |
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| Carrot Print Instructions |
What we used:
- 2 x Potatoes
- 2 x Carrots
- Knife
- Cookie Cutters
- Paints
- Brush
- Paper
What we did:
We cut the potatoes in half and cut a simple shape on the flat side of one half of the potato. Then we did the same with the other halves.
To make the star shape I pushed a cookie cutter into the potato then cut away the edges. Taking the cutter away left a perfect star shape - A lot less fiddly than trying to cut one free hand.
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| Cookie cutter can help make neat shapes |
Once the potatoes were cut we did the same with the carrots.
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| Potato star, square, triangle & ridged circle |
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| Carrot circle, square, triangle & bar |
We then brushed paint onto the shapes and pressed them onto the paper.
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| My potato print - 'Boxer' |
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| Amelie's potato print - 'Shapes' |
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| Amelie's carrot print |
I think this will be a 'make' we will be doing time and time again. Very simple.
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