Rain Cloud Finger Paint Art for Kids
I’m so happy to be hosting my first ever guest post today! Please welcome Jenny from My Little Me – and when you’re done reading, go over to visit her fabulous blog! My favorite post of hers is Button Felt Fish Busy Bag – I think you’ll like it, too!
My kids absolutely loved this this finger paint art project we worked on recently! Â Have you tried to finger paint with your children? Â It is so much fun and not as messy as you might expect.
I love doing simple crafts for toddlers to be able to participate in.
Materials for Rain Cloud Finger Paint Art:
- black construction paper
- white sheet of paper
- blue, black, white finger paints
- circle hole punchÂ
- glue
The fun part for all the kids (and easy enough for the toddler) is letting them get their fingers messy! Â Start by mixing different amounts of white and black together to make several shades of gray to almost white. Â Then let them create their own pattern on a sheet of white paper using the different shades of gray.
You need to let this dry before the next step. Â We used a hair dryer because they were too excited and wanted to continue the project! Â
Once dry, let the kids work on their motor skills by punching circles out of their paper. Â Show them how to punch out as many as they can.Â
When all of their circles are ready, instruct them to make a cloud by gluing the circles onto a black sheet of construction paper. Â Let them make their rain cloud look however they want, even if it’s a straight line, or spread throughout the page! Â I loved seeing the clouds my kids created!
For the rain drops, we swirled white and blue paint together and they used their fingers to print the rain drops on. Â I think their fingerprint raindrops are so cute!
This is such a great craft to do on a rainy day and pair wonderfully with these fun educational weather printables. Â And after the rain has finished and all that remains are puddles, you’re kids will love making fizzy puddles!
Enjoy your rainy day!
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