These stamps are great for all sorts of arts and crafts. We inevitably used ours to make wrapping paper, and I just love how it turned out! Read on to see how you can turn potatoes into stamps at home.
How to Make Potato Stamps for Christmas
Materials- Whole potatoes
- A knife
- Cookie cutters
- Paint
- Paper
Method
- Begin by cutting the desired number of potatoes in half. You will want to cut them in different directions, depending on their shape & size.
- Each potato should produce roughly two stamps.
- Place a cookie cutter directly into the middle of one of the potato halves and push down firmly.
- Then, carefully use a knife to cut the surrounding potato away from the outside of the cookie cutter.
- Remove the cookie cutter, and you will have a fabulous homemade stamp!
- Repeat this process, using different cookie cutters until all of the potato halves have been used.
Creating with Christmas Potato Stamps
We used tree shaped cookie cutters to make our potato stamps this time, but you can use any number of holiday shapes.
- Give kids paint and paper, and they will have a blast creating with their homemade stamps.
- After a bit of free play I set Rosie and Jewel up to make wrapping paper for the upcoming holidays.
Extend the Fun
- Try snowman potato printing.
- Make Fall leaf art using potato stamps.
- Make spooky potato stamps.
- Make potato stamped reindeer.
- Make sailboat potato stamps.
- Make monsters using homemade potato stamps.
- Try rainbow potato printing.
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