Activity Ideas - Vegetable Printing

This activity is great for fine motor skills and creativity. It also gets children looking more closely at vegetables and their structure. 

Suitable for 9 months to school age children.

You will need:

• Vegetables - Potatoes, Broccoli, Celery, Apples etc - use anything that is cheap, going to waste etc.
• Paper
• Paint

Preparation:

Potato:

1. Cut the potato in half and draw a triangle on the side that has been cut.
2. Cut around the triangle leaving the triangle raised in the centre.
   

Apple:

1. Cut the apple in half so there is an upper and lower part to the apple.

Method:

1. Press into paint.
2. Press firmly onto paper.
   

Activity suggestions:
 
This activity is great for making wrapping paper, borders for pictures, and gift labels.

Talk:

• Talk about what they expect the prints to be like before doing them and after.
• Note how the core and seeds of some fruits make patterns.
• Talk about the different fruits and vegetables and what they are like to eat.
• Talk about how some are much softer and easier to cut than others.

More Ideas

• 0to5.com.au Ideas for Activities
• 0to5.com.au Templates for young children's colouring and art projects

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