Tonight while i was cooking dinner my older 2 boys were hanging around the kitchen getting rather impatient for food, so to stop them from being under my feet and to keep them occupied i quickly put together this activity that i did when i was little.
It took me around 5 minutes to prep so is great when you don't have time on your side.
To make:
1. Get a couple of large potatoes and cut them in half.
2. I used a permanent marker to then draw shapes on the potatoes.
3. With a small knife i carefully cut out the shapes on the potatoes, it pretty much turns them into stamps!
If you have an apple cut that in half too to get that pretty star pattern.
If you don't have potatoes handy you can try other veg too, the softer ones work better and are easier to cut.
I rolled out some paper on the table gave them the potato and apple stamps i had made along with some poster paint.
I didn't put newspaper down which you may want to do but if i had i could have just scooped it all up and either dried their art.
Poster paint is the best it comes off 90%of the time with water the other 10% with a bit of soap so clean up is quick. it took me around 5 minute to clean the table and wash their hands in the sink.
They really enjoyed stamping and seeing what shapes appeared.
It also kept them occupied while i finished dinner which by then they were ready to finish up!
I have to say i was really pleased with how this activity turned out.
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