Ever have potatoes lying around that are starting to grow eyes and you just grab them and toss them? Well stop! I’ll show you how you can turn those questionable spuds into a fun craft for your kids with these DIY potato stamps!
Simply grab some washable paint, some paper plates, a few taters and a small knife for carving. Then decide what you want to stamp on.
Get ready for some fun…
DIY Potato Stamps
What you need:
- potatoes
- small pairing knife or pumpkin carving knife
- paper plates
- washable paint
- surface to stamp (paper, cloth, etc)
What you do:
1. Cut the potato in half.
2. Decide what you’re going to cut and cut out the outline leaving a good portion of the potato left to grab onto. Since we were making Halloween treat bags on Halloween we went with pumpkins.
*Tip: Use a small cookie cutter to make your shape. Push the cookie cutter in about 1/4 of an inch deep and then while the cookie cutter is still in the potato, use a knife to cut off the excess.
3. Cut out the design you want in your potato. We went festive with these jack-o-lanterns for the treat bags. But anything can be carved out and made into a stamp!
4. Grab the paper plates and paint and get stamping!
What would you stamp out with your potato stamp?
