Lockdown 4.0 calls for some quick and easy art activities to keep our kids busy (and creative!) while their learning at home. I’ve been a big fan of pulling out the paints, but with NO paint brush lately. I’ve been enjoying finger-painting. There is something mesmerising about dipping your finger into paint and smooshing the colours onto the page - kids love this too! Here is a fun way to use finger painting to create a classy artwork. Little little kids can use my gumball machine template to colour and paint, and even use dot markers to speed up the process. Bigger kids can follow the video to draw their own and have a fun afterschool activity or something fun to create inside 20 minutes.

Like all the Art Club projects, if your a little short on time switch the A3 sized art paper for A4 for a quicker project.

A full length video lesson is available inside my Online Art Club for kids. Find all about it here.

Here’s what you need:

• Dinner Plate to trace

• A3 Art Paper (or A4 to make this lesson quicker)

• Sharpie Marker

• Coloured Crayons

• Liquid Paint

• Paint Tray

• Paper Towel

Let’s Create!

1. Follow the video or download my Gumball Machine Template to draw a gumball machine in sharpie marker

2. Colour in with crayons

3. Squeeze tiny amounts of liquid paint onto a paper plate. Use your finger to create gumballs one colour at a time.