Easter print bag

You will need

  • Potato
  • Kitchen knife
  • Acrylic paint
  • Small fabric bag
  • Felt pen
  • Scrap paper

Wear an apron or old clothes as acrylic paint is a permanent paint.

 

Instructions

  1. Put all your materials out on some old paper
  2. Place some thick paper or card inside your bag
  3. Carefully cut across your potato – the cut face will make an oval egg shape
  4. Pour out a small splodge of acrylic paint
  5. Dip the cut face of your potato into the paint
  6. Firmly press your potato onto the bag surface
  7. Repeat as required for your design!
  8. Once the paint is dry decorate with your pen. Here we’ve done an abstract pattern
  9. Or more traditional Easter Egg hunt drawings

 

bag with printed egg shapes and words Hoppy Easter
chopping board, knife, potato, bag, pen, paint, paper to protect table
Put materials out on old paper
brown paper inserted inside bag
Slip some paper inside the bag
cutting two large chunks of end of potato with knife
Cut the potato
swirl of paint on protective paper
Squirt some paint out
dip cut edge of potato in paint ready to print
Dip the cut edge of potato in the paint
press paint covered edge of potato onto bag
Press the potato onto the bag
two egg shape prints in silver paint
Once dry decorate with pens
printed bag with silver egg shapes and black zig zag pattern in Sharpie pen
Finished abstract design

 

Other tips and ideas

  • Younger children can enjoy doing this activity but for safety they will need adult support cutting the potato
  • Try using a selection of colours of paint
  • You can cut & carve your potato into a variety of shapes and sizes
  • View our ArtCare Pinterest board for potato prints with lots of other ideas including summer fruit designs and geometric patterns

Download

Download Easter egg hunt print bag instruction sheet (pdf)