finger painting
Britishnoun
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the process or art of painting with finger paints of starch, glycerine, and pigments, using the fingers, hand, or arm
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a painting made in this way
Example Sentences
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While the bands have been dated to 17,100 years old, the age of the mineral layer over the painting, Nash said the finger painting could in fact be much older.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
This was preschool: There were only so many ways to “disrupt” finger painting, napping, and farting.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2023
I don't mean to sound flip when I say that I like for recording to feel like finger painting, but I really do think that, especially with bands.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2022
So for Peter, on one recent morning, that meant moving from the airplanes to a table where classmates were finger painting with shaving cream on little mirrors.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2018
“Mack’ll want to try selling them. Although why anyone would pay forty bucks for a finger painting a two-year-old could do, I don’t know.”
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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