Decorative Tissue Paper: Potato Stamps || @Elody

Elody Decorative Tissue Paper: Potato Stamps View my profile

1 Pack Blank White Tissue Paper One Paring Knife and One Large Knife Kitchen Knives 1 Optional: Linoleum Or Wood Carving Tools 1 Cutting Board Several (Medium or Small) Potatoes Several Acrylic Paints and Brushes 1 Palette See All

Get App Potato stamping is a fun and easy activity for all ages! (As long as an adult handles the knives.) 1 @Elody on

Get App First use your larger knife to neatly slice your potatos in half. Larger ones can be cut in thirds. 2 @Elody on

Get App Now carve a simple design into each potato piece with your paring knife and/or other carving tools. 3 @Elody on

Get App The flat surface that you leave behind is what will print. What you cut away will be white. 4 @Elody on

Get App Put your potato stamps and some acrylic paint colors on your palette.￼ 5 @Elody on

Get App Cover your table with a table cloth or other protective covering. The paint will bleed through. 6 @Elody on

Get App Use your brush to spread out a thin layer of paint. “Ink” your potatos by stamping in the paint. 7 @Elody on

Get App It’s handy to have regular paper on hand to test your stamps. 8 @Elody on

Get App Stamp your tissue paper with your different potatos in various colors to create fun patterns. 9 @Elody on

Get App Find a safe place to lay out your finished tissue paper sheet to dry while you start your next ones. 10 @Elody on

Get App I like to create a simple pattern with one stamp and then fill it in with others in another color. 11 @Elody on

Get App Even very simple shapes and patterns can have a festive effect. 12 @Elody on

Get App Your potato scraps can be cut into cute mini stamps that can go in between the larger stamps. 13 @Elody on

Get App You can stamp on regular paper to make greeting cards, or even use fabric paints and print on cloth. 14 @Elody on

Get App Your potato stamp shapes and colors can of course be made to suit any holiday or theme. Have fun! 15 @Elody on

{ "poll-type-experiment": { "sticky": false, "variants": { "star": 33, "like": 33, "feedback": 34 } } }

Elody Elody Gyekis Brooklyn and Pennsylvania based artist. Painter, sculptor, animator and community artist. “Batik” Watercolors Animated Paper Puppets Decorative Tissue Paper: Tie Dye Stamp Carving From Leaf Prints View full profile

Explore more Jumprope #food #fitness #travel Want to create? It’s fast, easy, free & open to anyone. Learn more. More than 50,000 step-by-step guides to learn how to do anything.