6 Miles

Now that we've had our first round of Christmas, it's time to write thank you notes. And I thought it'd be fun to make a craft time out of it (as well as something to do on a cold, windy morning). Inspired by this blogger, I decided to make potato stamps.  I was going for a simple look, so I made stars (ok, that's about all I could cut out of the potato). Then I discovered we didn't have yellow paint, so white would have to work. And it was craft paint–not washable paint. (I was trying to use what we have on hand.)

So I covered the table with paper, pulled off the sweater (I didn't mind of this shirt got ruined) and let them get started. Alex loved the "tato".  And the mess the paint made.  I think he made a few stamps on the colored paper, the rest was on the newspaper. And he had more fun smearing then stamping.

Will did a great job getting paint on the paper–but with me watching Alex, I didn't have time to help him blot it so he ended up with lots of blobs, not too many stars.

Alex decided he didn't like the feel of the paint on his fingers, so he was done.

In the end, we have a number of modern or impressionistic stars or snowflakes, it is open to the receivers interpretation. I am learning to let go my preconceived ideas and deal focus on the fun of making them (never mind the 20 minutes of prep for the 2 minutes of stamping).  And it will be obvious to everyone the kids made them–not me!