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Shape Recognition With Potato Printing

May 6, 2013 By jbmumofone 9 Comments

We have started to have some fun with paints recently and the boy is really beginning to enjoy himself now that he has realised he doesn’t HAVE to get his hands really messy.

So far we have had fun painting with empty toilet rolls and pom poms, and this week we had some fun with potatoes too.

I had a few new potatoes in the vegetable basket that had started to go a bit sprouty so, using a small sharp kitchen knife, I cut these in half and carved out shapes into the surface to use as stamps.

Potato Printing

I managed a square, a triangle, a rectangle, an oval and a crescent.  I’m afraid my attempt at a star was terribly wonky so that went straight in the bin!

I then squeezed a few blobs of coloured paint into an old plastic food tray and let the boy go to work on some white card.

Potato Printing

We used this as an opportunity to practice some shape recognition with him selecting the correct shape from the selection of potato shapes in front of him and he did pretty well.

We even turned one attempt into a birthday card for a friend.

Potato Print Card

I am so pleased that he is beginning to enjoy painting and appears to be getting over his initial fears. We even got a bit messy this time!

For more crafty ideas to have fun with your toddler why not follow me on Pinterest or check out my page here.

We are also linking up with The Monday Kid Corner and Tuesday Tots.

 

Learning Shapes With Toddlers: Potato Printing

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Filed Under: Craft, Photography Tagged With: Painty fun, Potato painting, Shape recognition, Toddler Craft

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Comments

  1. Mama H says

    May 6, 2013 at 14:34

    This looks like fun! E still insists on eating ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING when I try and get her painting – when does that stop? I can’t wait until she gets that it’s all about the mess!

    Reply
    • jbmumofone says

      May 7, 2013 at 12:10

      I am not sure Mama H! It will stop eventually I am sure. If not we have also tried painting with marshmallows which I will post soon and pinterest is full of ideas of how to make safe paint for babies with flour and food colouring etc.

      Reply
  2. DamsonLane says

    May 6, 2013 at 21:42

    I can’t wait until we get to this stage. I love the home-made birthday card too, it is really important to use art projects and not discard them. Well done for being able to carve a crescent!

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    • jbmumofone says

      May 7, 2013 at 12:10

      Well to be honest it was kind of just quarter of a potato LOL 🙂

      Reply
  3. thejennyevolution says

    May 8, 2013 at 21:48

    Thanks for linking up with Monday Kid Corner on The Jenny Evolution. I hope you’re getting messy with the kids and having fun.

    Jennifer
    thejennyevolution.com

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    • jbmumofone says

      May 10, 2013 at 18:58

      Thanks Jenny and thanks for hosting 🙂

      Reply
  4. Melinda@LookWhatMomFound...andDadtoo says

    May 10, 2013 at 16:41

    We’ve done this once in the past, I forget how fun and EASY it was. I’d love if you shared this on our #kidsinthekitchen linky http://lookwhatmomfound.com/2013/05/homemade-versus-store-bought-kidsinthekitchen.html

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