Spring Craft: DIY Potato Stamp T-Shirt

Warmer weather is a great opportunity to try out a painting craft. Set this stamping project up outdoors to make cleanup super easy.

Adult supervision will be needed to carve the potato stamp, but after that kids can work independently. Don't be surprised if adults want to get in on the stamping fun, too!

What you'll need:

• Kitchen knife
• Large potato
• Cookie cutter
• Paper towels
• Cardboard piece to fit inside t-shirt
• Blank plain t-shirt, color of your choice
• Fabric paint with paintbrush

Instructions:

1. Use the kitchen knife to cut the potato in half through the center. Set one half of the potato aside. (You can make a second stamp with this potato later, if you'd like.)

2. Make sure the cookie cutter you chose fits onto the surface of the cut potato. Push the cookie cutter into the potato.

3. Insert the kitchen knife about 1/4" into the potato near the bottom edge of the cookie cutter. Use the knife to cut all the way around the cookie cutter.

4. Remove the part of the potato that you cut, then remove the cookie cutter from the potato to reveal your stamp.

5. Pat the potato dry using a paper towel.

6. Insert the cardboard piece inside the t-shirt, ensuring it covers the area where you plan to stamp.

7. Spread a thin layer of paint onto a plate or other flat surface.

8. Press the potato stamp into the paint, then stamp the t-shirt.

If you'd like, you can test the potato stamp on a scrap piece of paper to test how hard you need to push or just to give kids a little practice before they try the real thing.

Kids can stamp all over the t-shirt, or just put stamps in a couple of places. This is their chance to be creative and design their own t-shirt!

Tip: Don't use the same potato stamp for two different paint colors. Make a new potato stamp for each paint color, otherwise the colors might start to blend together.