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Fun Shamrock Potato Prints for St. Patrick’s Day

Shamrock potato printsMy daughter loves working with paint, so I thought this would be the perfect craft for her to make for St. Patrick's Day. These potato print shamrocks are a fun project for the little ones. We made a bunch of these cool shamrock prints and hung them throughout the house to decorate for the holiday.

This project is really easy and fun, and the kids think it’s neat that they’re using something they usually eat to create a colorful craft.

To make these potato print cards you'll need:

  • One large russet potatoes
  • A small heart-shaped cookie cutter
  • A sharp paring knife
  • Light green paper
  • Dark green paint
  • Foam craft brushes
  • Paint brushes
  • Glitter

To create your potato stamp, cut a potato in half cross-wise, so you have two halves, each with a round end. Push a heart-shaped cookie cutter into the flat round surface of the potato half. Make sure it goes in at least half way so you can get a good heart shape that stands out.

Shamrock potato printsShamrock potato prints

Leave the cookie cutter in place, and, with the paring knife, cut away the potato around the outside of the heart. Leaving the cookie cutter there will assure that you don’t cut through your heart shape. When you’re done, you’ll have a heart standing out from the potato, as in the accompanying photo. Needless to say, these steps should be done by grownups.

Now, you can either cut the heart stamp off the potato (which makes it easier for little fingers to grip) or hold on to the potato half and use the whole thing as the stamp.

Dip a brush into the paint of your choice and lightly brush paint onto the heart shape, then press it onto the paper. Repeat the process three more times, each time with stamp at a right angle to the previous one. When you're done, you'll have a neat four-leafed clover print. Now paint on the stem with a brush, and lightly sprinkle glitter over the green paint.

Shamrock potato printsShamrock potato prints

It may take a little practice to get the technique down right—just make sure you have some of scrap paper on hand on which to practice first. Once you figure it out it’s fun and the cards are really beautiful. And who would have thought that you used a potato to create them?

Shamrock potato printsShamrock potato prints

To create your potato stamp, cut a potato in half cross-wise, so you have two halves, each with a round end. Push a heart-shaped cookie cutter into the flat round surface of the potato half. Make sure it goes in at least half way so you can get a good heart shape that stands out.

Shamrock potato printsShamrock potato prints

Leave the cookie cutter in place, and, with the paring knife, cut away the potato around the outside of the heart. Leaving the cookie cutter there will assure that you don’t cut through your heart shape. When you’re done, you’ll have a heart standing out from the potato, as in the accompanying photo. Needless to say, these steps should be done by grownups.

Now, you can either cut the heart stamp off the potato (which makes it easier for little fingers to grip) or hold on to the potato half and use the whole thing as the stamp.

Dip a brush into the paint of your choice and lightly brush paint onto the heart shape, then press it onto the paper. Repeat the process three more times, each time with stamp at a right angle to the previous one. When you're done, you'll have a neat four-leafed clover print. Now paint on the stem with a brush, and lightly sprinkle glitter over the green paint.

Shamrock potato printsShamrock potato prints

It may take a little practice to get the technique down right—just make sure you have some of scrap paper on hand on which to practice first. Once you figure it out it’s fun and the cards are really beautiful. And who would have thought that you used a potato to create them?

Shamrock potato printsShamrock potato prints