[Childcare] Creative ideas for making delicious sweet potatoes

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When the weather turns chilly in autumn, nothing hits the spot like a fluffy, freshly baked sweet potato!

Some of your children might even be going sweet potato digging on preschool or kindergarten outings.

Why not preserve the memory of those delicious sweet potatoes—and the ones your child worked hard to dig up with friends—as a single creation?

In this article, we’ll introduce sweet potato craft ideas for kids.

Most can be made easily with everyday materials, and they’re all simple to try—perfect for creating a memento of autumn!

[Childcare] Tasty Sweet Potato Craft Ideas (21–30)

Roasted sweet potatoes in crumpled aluminum foil

Here’s a craft idea that lets kids enjoy the crinkly feel of scrunching up aluminum foil while making roasted sweet potatoes! Wrap thick cardstock with yellow construction paper to create the potato, then cover it with purple construction paper.

Next, place the crumpled aluminum foil over the top, and when you tear the purple paper by hand—voilà, it’s done! This activity helps children develop fine motor skills and nurtures creativity.

Be careful not to crumple the foil too tightly, or it’ll be hard to spread out again.

Remember, mistakes are stepping stones to success, so teachers should watch over the process with a warm heart.

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Baked sweet potatoes made from old newspapers and origami

Let’s make roasted sweet potatoes using old newspapers and origami! Here’s how: crumple up newspaper into the shape of a roasted sweet potato, then stick wrinkled origami paper on top.

When wrinkling the origami, be careful not to tear it.

The crumpling helps develop children’s fine motor skills.

It might be fun to make roasted sweet potatoes in different sizes.

Also, if you let the children use their imagination when attaching the origami, the result will likely be a set of unique, individual pieces.

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Rock-paper-scissors with roasted sweet potatoes in a wet-on-wet painting style

This is an adorable craft idea featuring baked sweet potatoes playing rock–paper–scissors! First, wet a sheet of white drawing paper with water, then create a blotting effect using watercolor paints such as blue, purple, brown, and black.

Let it dry thoroughly.

Next, cut the painted paper into the shape of sweet potatoes and use round stickers or origami paper to make the faces.

Finish by attaching hands showing rock, paper, and scissors—done! Turn them into stick puppets to enjoy rock–paper–scissors games with children, or use them as fun autumn wall decorations.

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In conclusion

We’ve shared some easy sweet potato crafts that kids can try—did you find one you’d like to make? Working on them really makes you crave a real roasted sweet potato, doesn’t it? While you’re busy doing your best with the craft, ask your teacher or family to prepare some roasted sweet potatoes for you!