Lulu Lilly's Magic Mood Changing Love Potato

A Heartache Hero book craft. Stuff a paper bag into a potato, paint it with color-changing paint, add wacky eyes and pipe-cleaner hair, then poke in love-message hearts.

From Valentine's Day Heartache Hero · Ages 6-9 with a grown-up · Mess: Medium (paint!)

What you need

• □Brown paper bag
• □Thermochromic paint (changes color with heat)
• □Cotton balls
• □Googly eyes
• □Pipe cleaners
• □Glue
• □Scissors
• □Washable marker
• □Rubber band (to tie the bag)

How to make it

1. 1. Stuff and tie

   Stuff the brown paper bag with cotton balls until it looks like a potato. Tie off the open end with a rubber band.

2. 2. Paint with thermochromic paint

   Paint the whole potato. When someone touches it, body heat changes the color — that is the magic!

3. 3. Add googly eyes

   Once dry, glue on googly eyes. The bigger and wackier, the better!

4. 4. Wild pipe-cleaner hair

   Cut pipe cleaners into small pieces and glue them on as wild, crazy hair.

5. 5. Smile and cheeks

   Use the washable marker to draw a goofy smile and rosy cheeks.

6. 6. Heart messages

   Cut heart shapes from leftover bag paper. Write silly love messages on them. Attach the hearts to pipe cleaners and stick them into your potato.

7. 7. The big heart

   On the largest heart, write "Lulu Lilly's Magical Mood-Changing Love Potato" or "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!" Touch the potato — your body heat changes the paint color for a magical effect.

From Valentine's Day Heartache Hero by PJ King.