Potato Stamps

No need to throw out those old potatos any longer (unless your planting them of course). why not let your kids finish them off by turning them into fun stamps that can be disposed of afterwards (composted as well)

What you will need:

• Potatos (each potato will create 2 stamps)
• you can cut them to make 2 small stamps or 2 long stamps your call
• Knife
• please have a parent help you with this
• Pen/Marker
• to trace pattern to potato
• Paint/stamp medium/anything else you can use

To Start wash and clean your potatos throughly, you don't want any fibres in your paint later.

Cut each potato in half. Make the cut as clean as possible, since any nicks in the cut now will be apparent when you stamp it later.

Draw or trace the design you want as your stamp onto the potato. Keep in mind that you are going to have to cut the outline.

Cut around the shape you just drew or traced. You only need to cut down about a 1/4" or so, no more.

Slice from the side of the potato about a quarter of an inch deep towards your shape. Be careful to stop when the extra piece of potato is loose. Do not cut through your shape. You shape should protrude out from the rest of the potato. This can also give you a negative or your pattern, if you cut carefully.

Pour Medium into a shallow dish.

Dip the potato stamp into the medium and then press against whatever it is that you want to make a print on; Shirt, paper, wood, ect.

Reuse the stamps with different colors of paint after rinsing them under water and drying off completely