Painting dots with Q-tips is a simple fine motor skill activity for 3 and 4 year olds to do and, guess what, children and adults of ALL ages love it, too!
Our letter Q day in preschool this year was Q is for Queen. We made a really cute queen paper bag puppet as our craft. Since there really wasn’t enough about queens to fill up the day, we branched out to more Q words: Quick, Quack, Quail, Quarter, Quilt and Q-tip. Painting dots with q-tips is a fun fine motor skill activity for 3 and 4 year olds.
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Tip: Happily, this painting exercise is neat enough that we could skip the smocks however I would advise having plenty of baby wipes on hand to get those cute little painted fingers clean!
Q is for Q-tip and Quilt Preschool Painting Activity
Supplies
Q is for Q-Tips and Quilts Printable*
Directions
Print the FREE PRINTABLE (here) onto cardstock.
Put “blobs” of paint on a plate to dip in.
Give each child enough cotton swabs for a clean side for every color.
i.e. four colors of paint = 2 q-tips
Child dots paint inside of the letter Q.
Tip: If you are aiming for it to look like a quilt, help them think it through. They should concentrate colors in groups. I found that my 3 year olds really didn’t do that and some even rubbed the paint on instead of dotting it. No problem! EVERYONE had FUN!
Every craft time comes with cleanup! LOL
Great at picking up pet hair of all kinds (and people hair, too!)
Enjoy!
Cute! I love crafts for kids and anything with dots. I’m a kid at heart lol. Pinned, Tweeted, and followed you on Pinterest. I’m visiting from Happiness is Homemade. Thanks for hosting and letting me share #80, abstract art. The art is kid-friendly and on my blog I show a second way the art can be used. Have a nice week!
It really is fun. This is the kind of art that I like to do right at the table with the kids. You do not have to concentrate so much that it interferes with conversation! Thanks for the follows… I am heading over to see your blog right now!