Finger Painting Fun: Make Leaves on the Tree!
This worksheet develops fine motor control and sensory creativity by having children use their fingertip, rather than a brush, to dab green paint onto tree branches to create leaves. For three- to five-year-olds, finger painting builds precise fingertip control in a low-pressure, playful way, and repeating the same dabbing motion across the page also reinforces the concept of filling a space with a repeated mark.
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Month 2: Learning & Development | Ages 5-6
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- Topic:
- Finger Painting
- Skill:
- Arts & Crafts (Art & Craft): Creative art and craft activities.
- Pack:
- Page 25 of 28 in Month 2: Learning & Development | Ages 5-6.
How to use this worksheet
Set out a shallow dish of green paint and protect the work surface with a covering. Have your child dip just their fingertip into the paint. Show them the bare tree branches on the page and demonstrate dabbing a single fingerprint onto one branch to create a 'leaf.' Let them continue dabbing leaves across all the branches, using as many fingerprints as they like to fill the tree.
Materials needed
- Green paint
- Paper
- Finger
Extension activities
- 1Use different colors to paint other elements of the picture, like a sun, grass, or flowers.
- 2Create a background for the tree using other painting techniques, like a brush or a sponge.
- 3Try the same fingerprint-leaf technique using different colors to make a fall-themed tree.
- 4Press fingerprints onto a separate sheet to create other pictures, like a caterpillar or a bunch of grapes.
- 5Talk about how trees change with the seasons as you paint the leaves on.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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