How to Make Halloween Potato Stamps
Make Halloween potato stamp designs with just a potato, paint, and creativity! This fun and easy Halloween craft lets kids use simple supplies to make a fun, festive, and colourful craft.
Yield: 1 potato stamp design
Cost: $2
Equipment
Materials
Instructions
Step 1: Find what you need
- Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Carve the potato
- Cut a potato in half lengthwise, using a paring knife.
- Pat the cut paper with a paper towel to remove the excess liquid.
- Use a pencil to draw the outline of your Halloween shape. We're using the plastic end of a mechanical pencil, but a regular pencil should work too.
- Then use the pencil to add details inside the shape.
- Use the paring knife to cut down into the shape's outline, wiggling it back and forth a bit.
- Then cut from the side of the potato, going down a bit less than 1/4 inch. This will give you an outline of the shape that sticks up from the outside of the potato.
- Then use a smaller knife or other clay sculpting tools to remove the details inside the shape. These tools are aren't sharp, so they're easier to use to make small details.
- Repeat until you're happy with the shape, making sure the carved details are as crisp as you can make them. Continue to dab with a paper towel to remove excess liquid.
Step 3: Stamp the potatoes
- Place a piece of foam on your work surface. This will allow the stamp to transfer more cleanly.
- Use a paintbrush to add paint to the raised areas of the potato.
- Carefully flip the potato upside-down and place it on a piece of cardstock or watercolor paper.Push down on it with some pressure. Try to keep it in 1 place so it doesn't slide around the paper.
- Lift the potato up carefully to reveal your stamp!
- Repeat with other stamp designs.You can also use a stamp more than once. You can usually stamp 2 times before adding more paint to the stamp.
- If you stamp on a white or lighter coloured paper you can use a lot of colour on your stamps.
- Your potato stamp Halloween designs are complete!
Notes
Looking for more Halloween crafts? Here's a few of our favourites:
Halloween Painted Rocks
Haunted House Coffee Filter Craft
Halloween Snowflakes