
P is for Potato Head

Materials & Supplies Needed
- Print off the template below
- 2 options for this craft. Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head
- Elmer’s glue
- Shaving cream (not gel)
- I use Barbasol brand
- Colored pencils
- Felt
- Mrs. Potato Head: White felt
- Mr. Potato Head: Black felt
- White pipe cleaner
- Mr. Potato Head: Black yarn
- Mrs. Potato Head:
- Flower button
- Yellow jewels
- Scissors
Download Template
Download the template and print it on cardstock paper for the best quality.
Directions
- Print out template and cut out items on second page.
- Mr. Potato Head use blue shoes and orange nose.
- Mrs. Potato Head use red shoes and pink nose.
- Using hat outline, trace and cut out felt.
- Mr. Potato Head use black felt.
- Mrs. Potato Head use white felt.
- Draw on eyes.
- Mr. Potato Head, half orange eyelids.
- Mrs. Potato Head, half purple eyelids with eyelashes.
- Make shaving cream and glue mixture. Add together equal parts of shaving cream and Elmer’s glue. Then add a little orange paint at a time till you get desired color.
- Use mixture to paint on potato outline.
- Before mixture dries place on shoes, mouth, nose, eyes, eyebrows, hat and ears.
- Mr. Potato Head; cut small pieces of yarn (.5 inch and less) and place on for mustache.
- Mrs. Potato Head; glue flower button on hat and jewels on ears.
- Using the end of pipe cleaner make small folds (1 cm) back and forth to make hands.
- Repeat to make another hand.
- Cut pipe cleaner down for desired length of arms.
- Place into sides of potato.
- Optional: Color “Pp”.

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