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Go around and 2. Add a smaller 3. Do the ears and around with a painty head. tail with a fingertip. finger for a body. 44 ® 4. Add whiskers.Do 5. Dab white paint eyes and nose with on the cheeks, chest & a fingertip. and feet. ee ty Ride ee BH&i y « 4@ +s eC. @ Rainbow fish * we as EE T1$ x 1. Spoon different 2. Press your hand 3. Turn the shape * paints close together on the paint and around. Paint a tail on newspaper. then on the paper. with your finger. 4, Add an eye, and bright spots.of k ° 2 9A folding pattern 1, Fold some paper. Open out. Press your hand in paint. 2. Press your hand on one side of the paper. ri g a ® 3. Wash your hands. Fold the paper. Press it all over. 5 oP Rn * es3 @ 4, Open out. Add more patterns on one side. 5. Fold and press again. Open it out. .* goeben: ‘ ¢g 2 os 6. Finger paint more @ patterns with different paints.A rocket Pe act a, ee SS 1. Cut along shape 2. Dip them in water. from newspaper for Let them drip. Press the rocket. Tear them onto plain cloud shapes. 3, Pat blue paint over with your hand.4. Peel off the newspaper shapes. Let it dry 5. Paint the rocket’s 6, Do red flames on nose with a finger. top of the yellow Add patterns and ones. Add stars yellow flames. with a fingertip.@S Or co iF Oye e@eers =e > Lots of flowers 8 oe ° . ® 1. Dip your fingerin 2. Make blue dots purple paint. around the purple : y one. £3 So. rTAY cd P - 19 @ $ % ’ ag m, % e? x ge wa BO, GD ¢ @¢ >,Qe ewWe@eF ate gri°:e@ @*@. . 1. Press two fingers in 2. Add green leaves different paints. Go with a finger. around and around. 3 6 é @ \ 1. Make a print with @ your thumb. @ ‘ a Wisse a an ® 2. Make more prints @ underneath. Add a green stem. odpe Wwsme? ete gt- ee °a? , BY L F “ -@ < " 1. Press two fingers in 2. Add green leaves 1. Make a print with @ different paints. Go with a finger. your thumb. @ around and around. % @ My a * 2. Make more prints @ underneath. Add a green stem. og rey a>< Ga o x An owl in a tree I 1, Wet some paper 2. Dip your finger in 3. Add some long with your hand. Rub — black paint. Use it to branches, using yellow, orange and __ paint a tree trunk. more black paint. ted paint on, like this. 4.Do small branches 5. Do an ow! in the 6. Paint a moon and a hedge along _ tree. Give him big with your finger. Dot the bottom. eyes. on some stars. e 6 MN @ xQ ¢ 6 S g m9 a 4 s ® 9 6 were ae toe ser Se1. Press yellow 2. Finger paint a fat 3. Add the head. handprints all over sausage on top for your paper. Add a rabbit’s body. green handprints.~~ AFF SS nex Dab on flowers with c a fingertip 4. Finger paint ears 5. aos tail. and legs.api eA Ovw 4p e “ee Lots of shapes $ 1. Fold a piece of 2. Open it out. 3. Dot paint over paper in half. Cut Paper clip it onto the shapes with some shapes out of | another piece of your fingertip. the folded side. paper. - »” oy ay: BENE. Q 3 4. Dot more paint 5. Lift off the top on top so the sheet to see the \ shapes are covered. pattern. WME CAME & HBXFe,Snails in a puddle 1, Wet some paper with your hand. Dip your fingers in paint. Make watery patterns. Let them dry. 2. Use different paper. Make a green circle with your finger.CRM FE OK EK ye eM MMH yw * i e& * i Ne 3. Go around and around on the * green with a darker * green finger. 4, Add a body and * horns. Let it dry. Cut out and stick * onto the puddle. eo ae ee ye eeFe TH cxem An iceberg picture “ : 1. Tear an iceberg shape from the edge é of newspaper. Wet it. ~ a like this. Add more shapes. é| 3. Dip your hands in Z es BS blue paint. Pat ; ‘ “ a oe them all over. ee cee ag a F&F mar KEN F2UrTMKAaHGXKFKXK QDHGFR Spells OS! SS 4, Add some green, then a little white. 5. Peel of off the { shapes carefully to see the icebergs. ii’ 6. Paint a canoe with a finger. Add some fishermen. . [en a mere +2 ofKee Ye HK F FH HH * * An angel ¥% * ‘ } 1B Make a whole 2. Make two whole —3.Turn your paper. *F handprint in the hand prints a bit Go around and middle. This is an lower, for the wings. | around with your + upside-down dress. finger for a head. * * a * 4. Use your fingertip 5. Finger paintsome 6. Dot on some eyes, * to do arms and hair and a halo. and a nose. Paint a hands. smiling mouth. Mux wx FUER MMH * -z ” An alligator cow) 6 Seas 1. Make a green 2. Make more prints 3. Turn them this print with the front underneath. way. Paint the jaws of your fist. with your finger. & &5 BS « « GR « Spiky animals é 2. Make one end 3. Add an eye and a nose with your fingertip. 1. Dip your fingertip in paint. Go around — pointed fora and around for a snout. body. 6 (< » 4 Finger paint spikes all over his back. ( @baw bs F SH Ze SS ey Funny creatures & z 6 @e@ ¥ a 1. Go around and 2. Do spikes all @ around with a finger around with dipped in paint to different paint. S make a blob. * A Yoo « 3. Add eyes, legs and feet with a fingertip. % é q SS wecd Ed og xe rt a Poe 0 J Usbotne Piayiime sr "3 Fo eed Mere eine (eee |. can finger paint has very clear step-by-step pictures which children can follow easily. Precise hand control is not needed, so even the very young will be able to achieve some delightful results. = “3 sy iy?