Potato Masher Painting is a fun process art activity for preschoolers that uses kitchen utensils for a cool, textural effect.
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There are sooo many ways to create art that don’t involve brushes, right?
Not long ago, we shared apple printing and rolling pin rainbow painting. Today we’ve raided the kitchen utensil draw yet again to create art with potato mashers!
Little kids are going to love experimenting with this idea.
We’ve used three different mashers to give our artwork contrasting shapes and lines, but if you don’t have three at home you could just use one masher and wash it between stamping the different colours.
Are you ready to get started?
How to do potato masher painting
You will need:
- Potato Mashers
- Washable Paint in your choice of three colours
- Small Paper Plates
- Paper
How to:
Lay down newspapers or a plastic tablecloth to protect your table surface.
Pour the paint onto the paper plates.
Dip the potato mashers into the paint and get your sheet of paper ready.
Stamp the first colour onto the paper, leaving some white space for more colours.
Select a new colour and masher.
Continue stamping until you’re happy with the artwork.
I love the textural effect of the different using different mashers creates.
More art ideas that don’t use brushes
- Geometric sponge stamping is another fun idea for preschoolers
- Scrape paint with craft sticks using three different techniques
- Older kids will love this pumpkin sponge art idea
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