Summer Colours: Spend Hot Afternoons With These Awesome Finger Painting Ideas

Dipping your finger in paint and tracing it on paper is one of life's primal joys. More often than not moms find themselves saying no to finger painting simply because they can't imagine how tough clean up will be. But picture (pun wholly intended!) this, your little one sitting with paints all around her, dipping her fingers and creating a masterpiece of her own. Priceless isn't it? Here we give you a few tips and ideas on how to have a stress free finger painting session with your child. Homemade Finger Paints: Store bought paint will work great, but if you want to pinch a few pennies and spend a couple of minutes making your own paint Whatever you need, we guarantee is right in your kitchen Finger Paint in a Ziploc Bag This is great mess free sensory activity when introducing painting to toddlers.  Put a few blobs of paint on a paper inserted into a Ziploc bag. As your child moves his fingers over the bag he starts to make various patterns and will discover changes by mixing colours. Hungry Caterpillar Finger Painting Who doesn't love the very hungry caterpillar? Do finger painting activities related to the book. It will help your child retell the story through painting and will boost his creative expressions. Thumb Printing Have your child dip their thumbs in different colours and mark it on the page. Then give them googly eyes and markers and have them go to town designing a scary monster! Sounds super fun doesn't it? Hand Print Apron Take a plain apron, and tell your child to dip their fingers and create a picture on the apron. Let it dry and watch the glee on their faces when you wear it while you make dinner! Finger Print Bees Make buzzing bees with a simple thumb print! Then add a few black lines and some wings. Use this to teach your child about bees, or just to teach them about insects and colour. Hand Print Animals Turns your little toddler's hand prints into lovely birds and animals. Lots of creative ideas to keep them busy and be productive at the same time. Hand Print Tote Add a personal touch to your plain totes by getting some hand printing done by your toddler. These hand printed bags make a cute gift for your loved ones. They will cherish this art work forever. Finger Painted Flower Pots Planning on doing some summer planting? Then let your kids help out by decorating the pots! Add some colour to your plain pots and make your garden a little more lively and vibrant with a little bit of finger painting!

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