Potassium monoxide can be prepared in laboratory by reaction of potassium nitrate with (excess) liquid potassium at 170 ºC: 2 KNO3 + 10 K → 6 K2O + N2.
Cf.: M.G. Barker, A.P. Dawson, "The reactions of the oxides Cu2O and CuO with potassium monoxide and liquid potassium", J. Less Common Metals, 64(1), March 1979, 127-134.