{"id":242,"date":"2009-09-06T13:14:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T20:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=242"},"modified":"2009-11-25T22:32:39","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T05:32:39","slug":"potato-prints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"Potato Prints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><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;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">potatoes (smaller white potatoes work best)<br \/>\nknife (adults only!)<br \/>\ntempera paint<br \/>\npaper plates<br \/>\nconstruction paper (different colors)<br \/>\naluminum 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!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Learning benefits:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0supports vocabulary development<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0enhances small motor skills <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make stamps perfect for little hands. \u00c2\u00a0 potatoes (smaller white potatoes work best) knife (adults only!) tempera paint paper plates construction paper (different colors) aluminum 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 a shape, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,16,15,12],"tags":[118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242"}],"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=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2686,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/2686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}