Penguin Potato Printing

This is a winter potato printing lesson.  I do currently teach a two to three year old class.  My children completed this lesson with amazing results, although we limited it to one penguin.  Some variations of this you could do depending on the level of difficulty your children may need would be to include a background (snow/water).

Vocabulary to Introduce:

printing
acyrlic

Materials:

paper plates

school glue

potatoes

acrylic paint (black, white, and orange)

google eyes

Preparation:

Slice potatoes in half and pair them on plates making sure that one is smaller than the other to fit inside the body for a white belly.  Put white and black paint on the plates, spreading them to correct size with the potato intended for each.  Either place the orange on separate plates or save until the children begin to finish with their penguins.


Our YouTube Video demonstrating the process: