It’s time to start thinking of St. Patrick’s Day, and what better way than having some fun with potatoes! So today I covered the kitchen table with the art mat, put out a variety of art materials and set out some potatoes. Lucy and her friend had so much fun making their potato people!
Making Potato People
- Wash and dry the potatoes first. Slice off the bottom of the potato so it will stand without rolling over. (Don’t throw it away~ You can cut it into a shape or design and stamp with it!)
- Set out some art materials. I just grabbed some stuff we had in our art area~ paint, pipe cleaners, stickers, toothpicks and sequins. The possibilities of what you can use are endless!
- First the girls painted their potatoes. Once they were dry, they added some hair with toothpicks and pipe cleaners. (Be careful~ the toothpicks can be sharp depending on which kind you have.)
- They added some eye stickers for eyes, but you could also glue googly eyes or draw some eyes with a Sharpie.
- Then the girls drew the mouths with a Sharpie and added toothpick arms and legs.
- For the final embellishments, the girls glued on some crinkle paper and sequins.
While the potato people were drying, we used the bottom part of the potato we cut off earlier for potato stamping! The girls made some colorful patterns and designs, and somehow some sequins also got thrown into the mix!
This St. Patrick’s Day craft would be perfect for a classroom craft, playgroup activity, or even just something fun to pull out and do at home. Hmm, maybe next we’ll have to try potato animals!
Chelsey~ Buggy and Buddy
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This is a fun craft, I bet my kids would like doing this too.
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The kids had a blast with the potatoes!
I absolutely LOVE this idea for St Patrick’s Day!!! Pinning this!!!
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Thank you so much! The kids loved it!
Cute and fun! Pinned it.
Very neat! Looks like the kiddos had fun!
Thanks for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
Awww, these little potato friends are so cute. We bought tons of potatoes for some printing and now I’m slowly making my way through them with potato soup and other potato things. We may just have to try our hand at this too!
I hope you all do! I know you guys would come up with some neat potato friends or critters!
These are so cute. You must of had fun making them.
Lucy really did have a blast! She and her friend even named the potatoes! lol
Hilarious and great fun.
Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy
This is awesome! Such a great idea for St. Patrick’s Day! You are a Featured Favorite this week on Saturday Show & Tell on Cheerios and Lattes! Thanks for sharing with us last week, we can’t wait to see what you’ve been up to this week! Have a great weekend!
Mackenzie
Thank you so much, Mackenzie! So excited to be featured! Have a wonderful weekend!
thanks so much for linking to Share It Saturday last week. I am featuring your cute post tomorrow. I hope you’ll stop by again.
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So cute! Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
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The potato people look fantastic. Kids will love making these.
These are hilarious!! I love them. Thank you so much for sharing with me and my readers and for linking up today!!
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MaryLea
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