I’ve been trying to make our lessons more playful. So Friday morning, I decided on a whim to let the kids fingerpaint.
I couldn’t find any in the school, so I squirted a bit of blue and white tempera paint on a finger paint board, then mixed in a dab of dishwashing liquid. I thought it might add to the creamy texture AND help a bit with the clean-up.
While the kids were finger painting, I sprinkled silver glitter on their hands.
Needless to say, they LOVED it!
After they finished making swishy swirls and delicious designs, I took a print.
When these dried we used the Pete the Cat template to cut out Pete faces and use as page toppers. Here’s the final result!
I can’t find my template, but you can see from the pictures below that it would be very simple to make your own cat head shapes.
I’m very happy with the results. We definitely need to do more finger painting!
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Those are sooo cute!sandirubber boots and elf shoes
How fun! Pete the Cat and your class can just keep on grooving!LaurieChickadee Jubilee
Seriously…BEST idea EVER! You are awesome!JenniferFirst Grade Blue SKies
Oh my goodness, I LOVE that idea!!! Absolutely brilliant! LisaLearning Is Something to Treasure
Very cool and very unique!!❤Teri A Cupcake for the Teacher
So cute! I'm going to have to try it. Thanks for sharing.Petersons-Pad
I LOVE these! So going to do this at the beginning of September!! Thanks for sharing!
I found this idea just in time. We are doing a day of fun activities to close out the school year and I'm in charge of the fingerpainting. They will love that we can add some sparkles to it! 🙂NotJustChild'sPlay
I love your idea of adding glitter. I like to add food flavors to paint so the paint smells good. For example, when we painted candy canes in December, I added peppermint flavor extract. My room smelled sooo good. I love your art work, too!MichelleTeach123
How fun and cute:) My daughters would love this!! Something fun to experiment with this summer:)Aloha,Corinna