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Mess-Free Finger Painting for Kids

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This is a mess-free finger painting art project for kids. But I still made them do it outside. 🙂  You never know what might happen!
If you have kids who love arts and crafts, but you don’t want a lot of mess, this project is perfect!

 

mess-free finger painting

How to Do Mess-Free Finger Painting:

This mess-free finger painting is fun and easy- it is great for learning about color mixing, too! It really is mess free, but I like my kids to be outside whenever the weather allows it!

To do this finger painting project, you will need a gallon size zip-loc bag and a white piece of paper, plus some tape.

Put a few squirts of tempera paint inside the bag. Use a few different colors.  Seal the bag shut. This part is important!

Tape them to the table with the paper behind the bag. Be sure to secure the paper to the table, too so it doesn’t slide around.  Let the kids squish and swirl the paint together, just like they are finger painting.  But, the best part is, that you won’t have any of the mess to clean up!

This would be a great way for your littlest ones to participate in art projects- without paint all over their clothes and in their hair, ears, eyebrows, fingernails… need I go on?   (That’s what my toddler did with his oatmeal this morning, so I really know what I am talking about).

mess free finger paints

 

My kids enjoyed seeing what colors they made when it was all mixed together.
Teach kids about color mixing this way!  Try using the primary colors and see what they can create.

 

no mess painting with kids

Have you ever tried this with your kids?

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3 Comments

  1. What a great idea Karyn! I can remember when my son was 4 and my daughter was 2 one particular incident where finger paint ended up all over the sofa, wall, bed, books, basically you name it. I thought the kids were asleep during a nap and boy was I ever wrong, LOL. With your idea you can have some finger painting / color mixing fun anywhere, anytime. Thanks for linking up this week to my Enchanted Thursdays Blog Hop!

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