So I would totally love to take credit for this amazing idea, however I can not!! Potato Printing is fun at the best of times, but this just takes the cake. Make the shapes on your potatoes using cookie cutters for some amazing prints. I first came across this one at our local Playgroup, one of the fabulous leaders had cut teddy bears into potatoes for printing at our Teddy Bears Picnic.
It was so simple and yet very effective and the kids loved it.
You will need:
Potatoes
Cookie Cutters (I used metal ones as they were rather sharp)
Chopping Board
Sharp Knife
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| I started by cutting the potatoes in half and then pressing the cutter into the potato, approx 5mm deep. |
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Then run a sharp knife around the edge of the cookie cutter and lift the cookie cutter away.
You end up with a really easy way of making shapes in your potatoes. |
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| An Elephant in action! We used some small kitchen sponges to add the paint so it isn't too thick and dries reasonably quickly. |
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| Miss A busy printing. |
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| Miss M, an expert mess maker! |
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| Love the concentration on Master J's face. |
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| Miss O having fun printing and smearing the paint. |
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| Miss A, working on her print. |
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| Close up of one of the hippos. |
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| Rabbit |
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| Elephant |
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| Teddy |
These prints were heaps of fun and really easy. If you rinse the paint off the potatoes you will get about 3 days out of them without having to cut new ones! The prints we made would look fabulous as wrapping paper and you could also do some wonderful pattern work.
Enjoy x
