Easter Egg Potato Printing

By Charlie (age 3)

My own kids were in need of some creative stimulation this week, so I came up with this little Easter craft activity for them, and they had a blast!

Lesson Materials

A baby potato with about 1/3 cut off the end
Cotton buds
Acrylic paint in big splodges on a plate or palette
Paper towel (to wipe the potato clean before using a different colour)
Paper

Lesson Steps

1.  Kids place the potato (flat end) into a colour they like and stamp it on their paper.  Each time they want to change colour, wipe it clean with paper towel, or else have a different potato for each colour of paint.
2.  Dip a cotton bud in a colour different to the colour of the potato print (preferably choose contrasting colours) and use it to do little dots and/or patterns on the print.
3.  Cover your paper this way until done. 
4.  Use the paper to make Easter cards, bookmarks, etc. or just frame or back it as-is!

Artworks

By Charlie (age 3)

Annie having a go (13 months)