How to Make Potato Print Wall Art

Spread newspaper over a work space. Place the items from the supply list on top of the newspaper. This makes cleanup much easier after you are done making your potato print wall art.

Cut the potato in half. Don’t peel the potato. It works better if you cut width wise and not length wise. The potato will be easy to hold that way when making your potato print wall art on the surface of the wall.

Draw a simple design onto the white part of the halved potato with the tip of your paring knife. Then carefully cut down into the potato about ¼ to ½ inch following the pattern straight down. Remove the excess you have cut away. You will end up with a raised stamping surface that has your design on it. For instance if you are making a star, you want the finished shape to be a raised stamp with the rest of the potato ¼ to ½ inch lower than the design.

Pour a small amount of acrylic paint onto your paint plate. Spread it out enough to cover the surface of the design you created in the potato. Acrylic paint is water based and easy to work with and clean up after. Lightly dip the finished raised shape on your potato into so that the surface of your design is covered. Test the thickness on some of your work area newsprint. Don’t apply it too thickly or the print on the wall will come out in a messy glob instead of a nice crisp design on your potato print wall art.

Use a separate potato for each color. Potatoes are very absorbent. To keep the colors separate, it is better to make more than one potato stamp if you want more than one color design.