Potato-Print Wrapping Paper
What You'll Need
- Newspaper
- Kitchen knife
- 1 or more potatoes
- Pencil
- Poster paints
- Paper plates
- Scrap paper
- A roll of white paper, kraft paper, or a paper grocery bag
What to Do
- Cover your work surface with newspaper.
- Have an adult cut each potato in half crosswise.
- Using a pencil, kids can outline a shape on each cut end of the potato. An adult should cut away the outer edge of the shape, leaving the kids’ image as a “stamp.”
- Pour poster paint onto paper plates.
- Dip the end of the potato in paint. Stamp off excess on a scrap piece of paper.
- Press the potato onto the wrapping paper or on the unprinted side of a cut-open grocery bag. Cover the paper with potato prints.
- When the paper is dry, use it to wrap a gift.
Sponge-Print Wrapping Paper
What You’ll Need
- Newspaper
- Scissors
- A clean sponge
- Poster paints
- A roll of white paper, kraft paper, or a paper grocery bag
- A bowl
- A jar lid (becomes the handle for your sponge stamp)
- Water
What to Do
- Cover your work surface with newspaper.
- Using scissors, cut a clean sponge into a familiar or freeform shape. Make the shape smaller than your jar lid. Glue the sponge to the top of the lid and let dry.
- Pour a small amount of poster paint in a bowl. Dampen the sponge stamp with water and dip it in paint, wiping off excess paint on the side of the bowl.
- Stamp different places on the paper or on the unprinted side of a cut-open grocery bag.
- When dry, use the paper to wrap presents.
