Your Child Will Learn
Create art using their fingerprint as a tool
Here’s What to Do
- Use watercolor paints or colored ink pads for this activity
- Help your child dip a finger into the watercolor paint or press their finger on the ink pad
- Then help them press their finger onto paper
- Give your child a pencil, crayons, or markers to create a person, animal, figure, or object with their fingerprints
Put PEER Into Action
PAUSE
- Work on a flat surface, free from distractions
ENGAGE
- Say to your child, “your fingerprints are special because no one else’s prints are like theirs”
- Ask your child, “what can we create with the shape of your fingerprints”?
ENCOURAGE
- Ask your child, “what lines and shapes can we draw around your fingerprints”?
- Compliment and praise your child’s artistic choices
REFLECT
- Ask your child to explain their fingerprint artwork to you
Not Quite Ready
Create a few test prints before asking your child to create a picture
Ready for More
Create a story with characters made from fingerprints
As Your Child Masters This Skill
They will create complex and detailed pictures
Time to Complete
10-15 minutes
Materials Needed
Watercolor paint, colored ink pads, paper, pencil, crayon, markers