DIY Potato Stamp Easter Eggs
Make potato stamp Easter egg designs with just a potato, paint, and creativity! This fun and easy Easter craft lets kids use simple supplies to make a fun, festive, and colourful craft.
Yield: 2 potato stamps
Cost: $1
Equipment
- Paper towel (or kitchen towel)
- Foam sheet (stacked craft foam, foam packaging, etc)
- Paintbrushes (1 per colour of paint)
Materials
- 1 Potato (for 2 stamps)
- Pastel acrylic paint
- White cardstock (or watercolour paper)
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Cut the potato stamps
- Cut a potato in half with a paring knife.
- Use a paper towel (or tea towel) to remove excess moisture from the potato. Set one half aside for later.
- Make a cut in the potato half, going about 1/4 inch down into it.
- To create a stripe, make another cut about 1/4 inch below the last one.
- Bring your knife straight down into the cut areas and wiggle it back and forth. Then, from the first cut, bring your knife towards the second cut on an angle.
- Remove the slice of potato (if it doesn't come out on its own), and clean up the cuts, if necessary, so they make a crisp line.
- Repeat, making another stripe about 3/4 inch below the first.
- On the second half of the potato, cut a different design. You can make angled lines using the same technique, or use other tools to make a polka dot pattern (read more below).
Step 3: Prepare your workspace
- Add different colours of paint to small dishes, a paper plate, or a paint palette.
- Then place a piece of foam on your working surface. This is optional, but it will make your stamps transfer a lot more cleanly.
- Set a piece of cardstock or watercolor paper on top of the foam.We recommend these because they're thicker papers that can absorb the paint without warping too much.
Step 4: Paint the potato stamp
- Use a paintbrush to add paint to one of the raised sections of the potato.Add a good amount of paint so it's covered nicely, but isn't too thick and gloopy.
- Repeat, adding different colours of paint to each section. Use a clean paintbrush for each colour, or wash well in-between.
Step 5: Stamp the Easter egg designs
- Carefully flip the potato upside-down and stamp it onto the paper. Use generous pressure to make the stamp transfer evenly, and try not to have it slip around the paper.
- Lift the potato up carefully.(Again, it can slide around if you're not careful, which will smudge the stamp.)
- Repeat, stamping one more time.You should be able to stamp at least twice before adding more paint to your potato stamp.
- Add different colours of paint to the second half of the potato and fill your page with more Easter egg designs.Allow to dry.
- Your potato stamp Easter eggs are complete!You can also cut out the egg shapes and make a garland from your prints.
Video
Notes
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