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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"Let's give the kids their finger painting and let's get on with life."
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
She could draft a student progress report in her mind while supervising finger painting.
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
“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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