{"id":1171,"date":"2008-02-23T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T18:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2009-10-31T17:35:57","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T00:35:57","slug":"potato-prints-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=1171","title":{"rendered":"Potato Prints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Make stamps perfect for little hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0potatoes (smaller white potatoes work best)<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0knife (adults only!)<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0tempera paint<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0paper plates<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0construction paper (different colors)<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0aluminum foil (optional)<\/p>\n<p>Prepare for this activity by cutting potatoes to a size small enough for your child to grasp.\u00c2\u00a0Next, cut away the outside of the potato so that a shape, such as a circle, remains in the middle. Repeat for different shapes. The shapes should be about \u00c2\u00bd inch deep.\u00c2\u00a0Pour paint into paper plates for easy dipping. \u00c2\u00a0Show your child how to dip the potato into the paint and use it to make prints on paper.\u00c2\u00a0As you make prints with your child, discuss the different shapes and colors. \u00c2\u00a0For an added twist, use foil instead of construction paper for printing. Notice how shiny the foil looks!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\"><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0supports vocabulary development<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0enhances small motor skills <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 Make stamps perfect for little hands. \u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0potatoes (smaller white potatoes work best) \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0knife (adults only!) \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0tempera paint \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0paper plates \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0construction paper (different colors) \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0aluminum foil (optional) Prepare for this activity by cutting potatoes to a size small enough for your child to grasp.\u00c2\u00a0Next, cut away the outside of the potato so that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,33,34,38,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1172,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}