Name: FINGER PAINTS - 10 Pictures of Wild Animals - ART FOR KIDS
SKU: 657f4d832e5d9f0012c48541
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Wild-Animal Finger Painting

Choose from ten colored animal pictures with white circles for children to fill using fingertip paint marks. The 12-page PDF includes the ten activity pictures, a cover and a publisher-links page.

Provide paint, protect clothing and the work surface, and allow space for the pictures to dry. Students can choose colors and practice controlled fingertip placement. Print one picture for each learner; no answer key is needed.

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activity

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Place repeated fingertip marks in the blank circles on an animal picture
Explore color and texture through finger painting

Teaching tips

Have students wear old clothing or a smock, to protect clothing while painting.
Set out the paint in shallow containers so fingers can be dipped easily, and keep a damp cloth nearby for cleanup between colors.
Introduce the activity with calm music before starting, to settle students before they begin the sensory, hands-on task.

Skills covered

Hand control through repeated fingertip placement
Color selection
Tactile exploration of paint

Good to know

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What art materials are needed?

Provide finger paint, containers for small amounts of paint, and a protected work surface. The resource supplies ten colored wild-animal pictures with blank circular paint spaces.