Make Your Own Mr.or Mrs.Potato

Mr. Potato Head has been a favorite toy for years. Everyone loves playing with this toy and now you can make your own version with things you may have laying around your house.

Aren't they adorable??

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Supplies

Various shaped potaotes
Recycled items from the kitchen to make hats (a plastic lid plus the top of a liquid dishsoap bottle, anything else you can come up with....
Felt
Fabric
Hot glue or high stick craft glue

Books related to our topic:

"I had seen this book at my local library, checked it out and shared it with my two granddaughters, 6 & 4 on a visit. We all loved it!!! They live about 3-4 hours away and now when we talk on the phone we enjoy remembering and reciting from memory some of the words/phrases from this book. It is one of those books that just stay with you. After their visit, I had to return the book to the library. I went right on Amazon and ordered my copy. Thanks
Ellen A Hall"    FOR MORE INFO

"I really enjoyed this book. The story sounded a lot like one I had heard as a kid many years ago, but this one was different. It had a sweeter ending. It is 30 pages long with pretty good text and very good illustrations.

The story is about an old husband-wife farming team who is poor and frugal. One day when their food supply was about to run out they found a large magical iron pot buried on their land which duplicates whatever is put into it. They put some necessaries in the pot and some money - out came twice as much as was put in. The most interesting thing was that the pot worked on people just as it did on things.

I probably would have liked the book better if the main characters had not been so poor and simple. I did not see the point in it. But they seemed like such nice people. 5 stars!            FOR MORE INFO

Potato Prints

I remember doing this craft with my niece and nephews when they were younger. This is an easy and fun craft. Let your kids be creative and just have fun.

**There is some simple preparation involved before allowing your children to begin. Parents must prepare the potato before children can begin.

Materials Needed:
           

·         Potatoes 

·         Poster paint or tempera

·         Paper or cardboard

·         A sharp knife

·         pencil

Directions:

·         Parents, Cut potatoes in half.

·         Draw desired design onto potato with the pencil. (Star, diamond, squares etc...)

·         Parents, Carve out the design

·         Place paint in tray or paper plate in a thin layer.

·         Press potato design into paint and firmly press
onto paper.