Veggie Stamps

For last week's project we used assorted fruits and vegetables as stamps. I gave each girl a large piece of construction paper and a couple of jumbo-sized stamp pads (washable and non-toxic of course), and I set a bunch of different fruits and vegetables out for them to stamp with. The produce was pre-cut, most often using cross sections, so the girls would have a flat surface to press into the stamp pads.

Rebecca decided she only wanted to use the red stamp pad (red is her favorite color as she will inform you several times a day), but Elliot experimented with several different colors. We used corn on the cob, mushrooms, onions, eggplant, lemons, cauliflower, green bell peppers, and an apple. The onions, cauliflower and lemons made the most interesting prints, though the eggplant was the easiest for Elliot to keep ahold of and stamp with again and again. The only problem with giving food to a one-year-old for use in an art project is that she is likely to try and eat it. Corn on the cob is a recent favorite of Elliot's, and she found it impossible to pass up, even uncooked!