Supplies
- Cookie cutters
- Washable paint colours
- Paper
- Shallow bowl of water (for cleaning cookie cutters)
- Optional: sponges to hold paint or shallow dishes wide enough to dip cookie cutters
Instructions
- Pour paint colour into shallow bowls or onto sponge.
- Dip the cookie cutter into paint colour. Or, if you’re using sponges to hold paint press the cookie cutter into the sponge.
- Press the cookie cutter onto paper and create a painting.
Adaptations/Extensions of Play
- Allow your painting to dry and then colour your cookie shapes with crayons, or paint sticks.
- Use the cookie cutters to make a pattern to develop math skills.
Skills
- Fine motor
- Creative
- Colour mixing
- Math: patterning
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