Irish Potato Stamping

I love potatoes. Baked, mashed, smashed, whipped, scalloped, French fried, roasted, twice baked, in soup, as a salad...you name it.  

Anyway...instead of eating potatoes today, we made Irish potato stamps. I’ve always wanted to try this type of printing so I thought that this would be fun with St. Patrick’s Day approaching.

Here is what you will need:

Potatoes

Carving tools

Various shades of green paint

Paper for printing

Here is how we made them: 

Step One

Grab some potatoes and slice as desired.

Step Two

Using printmaking tools, we carved out some festive shapes and words. Remember if you use words - carve them backwards.  

Step Three

We plated up some green paint and stamped away for over an hour.  

WARNING: this is extremely addicting.

I love how imperfectly perfect these turned out. Now I have to come up with some fun ways to use all of the paper that we printed. Banner, cards, wreath, wrapping paper...hmm.

I have a new obsession. Thank you, potatoes.

Slainte!




See this project and more over at:
WhipperBerry
30 Handmade Days
Tatertots & Jello
Six Sisters Stuff