I first saw potato stamps on baby clothes on Martha Stewart (no, I do not habitually watch the show. In fact, the woman makes my skin crawl sometimes). I checked out the site sweetpotatoprints.com and was very impressed with what the ladies are doing. I played with some paints and potatoes, and volia!
Step 1. Pre-washed cotton white long-sleeved onesies with Charlie's soap.
Step 2. Assembled paint, bamboo skewer, paint brush, paper towels, small knife, one medium white potato.
Step 3. Cut potato in half length-wise (crab body). Used other half to make legs (two hooks curved in opposite directions), one rectangle for "arms", two claws: one small, one large. For the eyes I used back of the paint brush, for eye stalks, the tip of the skewer. All but eyes stamped in red. Eyes are black with a bit of blue. And yes, I know, crabs are not red until after the hot tub, and they also have eight legs. Bugger off :-).
Step 4. Completed the project while holding Saleem in one arm, trying to keep him from grabbing the knife, or eating the paint. Washed off a few smudges, ironed, wrapped, tagged and ready to tote to Church to present two birthday boys with their band-new crabby shirts.
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