Step-by-step tutorial
Step 1
This first step is for a grownup or older child: Break some toothpicks in half and place them in the potato to hold veggie face features.
Step 2
Next, pull out any veggies and fruit you have on hand. Really, anything will work in some way. My five-year-old is in the kitchen with me a lot. (We have a great set of little chef knives that are wonderful for little hands.) She loves to cook and has been practicing her cutting skills so I used this as an opportunity to let her practice.
Step 3
Once you get your produce sliced, you are ready to start dressing up your potato. Both my two- and five-year-old loved adding to the potato.
Step 4
I planned this activity for right before lunch so that we could cook up our veggies after--but with how much snacking they were doing during the process, I didn't know if I would even have to make lunch. A project that gets my kids eating lots of raw veggies and fruit...I am liking this activity even more!
Step 5
Oh yea, the silly bug hit them. We had a lot of Mr. Potato faces being demonstrated throughout this craft. Glad I got this one on camera...she will appreciate it one day, maybe.
Step 6
Well, what do you think? We thought they came out just darling and you guessed it, they got names....because everything in our house gets a name. Meet Oliver and Sir Cucumber.
Done!
With lots of veggies still on the plate, we did what any family would do around lunch time and brought out the ranch. Yum!
