Spring Recess - Classes will not be in session but the college will be open. This is a great activity to introduce St. Patrick's Day. You can read an Irish folktale Jaimie O'Rourke and the Giant Potato by Tomie De Paola first. Then use this art project as a follow up. You cut a potato in half, carve shapes into the surfaces and then use the halves as stamps.
Older children can carve their own shapes using plastic knives.
Another variation is just using the plain potato and making impressions. You can take this project a step further by using a wider range of vegetables. Green paint 2. Half of a potato for each student 3. Paper plates for the paint and potato 4.