This week we’ve been exploring dot art and printing and painting dots in different ways. Cotton Bud Painting is so simple and needs very few materials but it helps to develop fine motor skills, concentration and focus. It can also result in some stunning artwork.
For this Cotton Bud (or Q-Tip) Painting Activity you will need:
- paper to paint on
- cotton buds (or q-tips)
- paint (we used green, blue and red)
All I did for this activity was to set out a jam jar lid and a cotton bud for each colour. This was an invitation to play, create and experiment.
Burt started off carefully placing each dot on the paper.
When the cotton buds have paint on the end they can be quite slippery and Burt couldn’t resist the temptation to experiment with sliding the paint around the page and mixing colours together. As with most preschooler art projects this activity is more about the process and the skills being practised, rather than the end result but I love the finished artwork.
The beauty of this activity is that it works with any age. Just a blank page, some paint and a cotton bud and you can end up with a huge number of different interpretations.
You can read more about the story that inspired us The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds or discover some more crafts and activities linked to the book.
Have you been inspired by a book to craft, go on an outing or do an activity this week?
So pretty! Reminds me of a lot of aboriginal artwork!
I love this idea and I bet my girls would too.
Not sure that they would create something quite so uniform as yours though!!
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Fab idea! And another fine use for cotton buds! x
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Love this! I am not very good at coming up with fun craft things to do so I do rely on your tips
This looks easy enough for even someone with my limited craft skills to manage x
Love the effects of this, I think Ruby would love to have a go.
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Ooooh, i love your swirly picture! So much fun. xx
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I really like your idea! My eldest will be so up for it!
Oh my! I just love this! The end result is stunning. Such a simple idea but it looks great.
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Loving the dots! I love how much concentration is in his face too. Fab idea for a craft x
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I’ve really loved your series this week inspired by The Dot Kirsty. Struggling to decide which activity to do first, but as this one looks like the easiest (and least messy!) I think it’s probably a good place to start! x
I LOVE that idea!! I am definitely going to try that with A as she would love this. Thank you for the idea
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Oh fantastic there will be little pointillists everywhere
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I can remember doing a project at school where they did cotton bud dots the finished results were amazing, I must try to see whether Tigger would enjoy doing this
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