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finger painting

British

noun

the process or art of painting with finger paints of starch, glycerine, and pigments, using the fingers, hand, or arm
a painting made in this way

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"Let's give the kids their finger painting and let's get on with life."

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

This was preschool: There were only so many ways to “disrupt” finger painting, napping, and farting.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2023

With his clumsy, Brobdingnagian brushstrokes and penchant for twitchy finger painting, he was an heir to the performative abandon of Jackson Pollock.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 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

Shanti had been setting goals since she was four and won her preschool’s finger painting contest.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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