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Potato stamp gift wrap

Carved potato stamps turn plain brown paper into one-of-a-kind wrapping paper made by your preschooler.

Potato stamp gift wrap
LevelIntermediate
AgesAges 3 to 5
Time45 minutes plus drying
Cost$2 to $6

What you'll need

Materials

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Tools

How to make it

Safety

Keep the knife on the grown-up's side of the table and put it away before stamping starts.

  1. Step 1: Grown-up step: Cut the potatoes
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    Grown-up step: Cut the potatoes

    Cut each potato in half across the middle on a cutting board.

  2. Step 2: Grown-up step: Carve the shapes
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    Grown-up step: Carve the shapes

    Press a cookie cutter 1/2 in into the cut face. Trim away the potato around it with the knife.

  3. Step 3: Dry the stamps
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    Dry the stamps

    Blot the stamps with paper towels. Dry stamps print sharper.

  4. Step 4: Roll out the paper
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    Roll out the paper

    Roll the kraft paper across the floor and tape down the ends.

  5. Step 5: Stamp away
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    Stamp away

    Let your child dip a stamp in paint and press it down all over the paper.

  6. Step 6: Dry and wrap
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    Dry and wrap

    Let it dry for 1 hour, then wrap the family gifts.

Edie's tip

Simple shapes like stars, hearts and trees carve cleanest. Skip anything with skinny parts.

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