Finger Paint Fun: Create a Colorful Tree Worksheet for Kids

How to use this worksheet

Pour a small amount of finger paint onto a plate or tray so your child can dip just their fingertip. Guide them to press a fingertip onto the tree's branches to make leaf prints, refilling paint as needed and using more than one color if you like. Once the paint is dry, or on the cotton ball step if doing it separately, have your child dab a little glue onto each cloud outline and press cotton balls into place. Let everything dry flat before displaying the picture.

Materials needed

• Finger paint
• Cotton balls
• Glue (optional)

Extension activities

• 1Go outside and look at real tree branches, noticing how leaves cluster together.
• 2Make a set of handprint or fingerprint trees for each season and compare them.
• 3Talk about what clouds are made of and why cotton balls look fluffy like them.
• 4Try finger painting on a different surface, like a tray of shaving cream, for extra sensory play.
• 5Mix two paint colors together on a plate and predict what new color will appear.