Painting with the help of fingers and thumb is amazing, easy and interesting. It also looks beautiful. Child of tender age group develops the confidence of doing things on their own. It can also be used to initiate team spirit. All the children in class or at home can be given an opportunity to do collage work in a group with this technique.
Skills you develop by using fingers and thumbs
Develops cognitive thinking as they relate how to put thumb or finger to give the relevant impression. Fine motor skills and It will encourage to exploration.
CUSTARD APPLE
Custard apple can be made with green or yellow poster colour with tips of fingers. First, draw a circle with bangle then fill it with alternatively with one green and yellow colour.
Make delicious beautiful grapes with thumb in green colour.
Make pineapple with the thumb with brown colour and some yellow colour. Draw an oval shape and after giving thumb impressions, give finishing with a sketch pen.
Make a heart with thumb
Make a flower with your finger tip and inner circle with thumb
The butterfly can also be made with the thumb. Generally children like butterflies. They like to follow flying butterfly or try to catch it. Ask what colour butterfly they have seen and accordingly colour butterfly with a thumb. If they have not seen then ask them to see one and then make it at home with mama.
Caterpillar can also be made with thumb or finger tips
Both of these figures can be used to explain the life cycle of a butterfly. It will be a vivid way to observe and paint with the finger. I am sure along with children even the adults would love this easy structured painting.
Cat is a popular animal among children as ‘mausi’. It can also be made with finger and thumb.
With thumb impression we can make a spider, it would be easy for parent or children to make with this technique while making children can be encouraged to sing IncyWincy spider. The spout can also be made with the finger. Sun can also be made with thumb finger. So three nouns of this rhyme can be made with this technique.
Sing along while painting
Singing along with making so children understand practically what is the sun what is spout, understanding co-relation is very important for children, with this we prepare them at the pre-primary level learning. Picturization of what we say can be taught practically by drawing to make application fruitful.
A bird can be made with thumb or finger.
Child playing with a ball can be made with finger points
Snowman can also be made with finger and thumb
Skills you develop
This is an effective, fast and practical way to teach children with play and learning pedagogy and is not messy. Nobody needs to be an artist for this rather everyone can be master in their areas. You just need to be a little explorative with figures, thumbs and finger or pattern. Figures can be used as border involving all children thumb prints as college work. Children feel proud to show everyone their work, so you can label child thumb prints. This is a true example of play way method.
Hope you will enjoy these fun activity with your child. Stay tuned for more ideas and insights. Do leave a comment to let me know the great stuff you create with your children during summer break.
For Kids 8 to 18 years
Open from 14 March 2018 to 25 May 2018
