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Fine Motor Skills Water Art

May 4, 2016 By Vicky 6 Comments

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Are you looking for a fun activity for your kids that doesn’t take a ton of set up time? Then this Fine Motor Skills Water Art activity is right up your alley. Kids can set up most of the activity themselves. This art activity combines creativity with fine motor skills which makes it perfect for little ones who are learning to write. If you are looking for more easy fine motor skills activities, check out these Fine Motor Patterns. My kids were amazed the first time they tried this activity and you will be too. It is such a fun activity to try!

My kids were amazed the first time they tried this Fine Motor Skills Water Art. The water creates all kinds of cool patterns and art while being a great fine motor activity.

Fine Motor Skills Water Art

You will need: 

  • Pipette droppers
  • Food coloring or liquid watercolors
  • Wax paper 
  • Cups with water


fine motor skills water art

After filling some recycled applesauce cups with water, my daughter squeezed a few drops of food coloring into each and mixed them with the pipette. You can do this with as many colors as you want. We started out with five colors.

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I cut a large piece of wax paper for my daughter and she started using the pipette to drop drops of colored water onto it. Drawing the water into the pipette and releasing it on the wax paper uses fine motor skills as the small fingers of the hand do the work.

Ifine motor skills water art

The wax paper causes the water to bead up and remain on the paper rather than get soaked up.

fine motor skills water art

My daughter experimented with squeezing out smaller and larger drops of water.

fine motor skills water art

My youngest daughter tried mixing colors by dropping one drop of colored water onto another. She is still working on her fine motor skills, so you’ll notice that her grip is more immature than my older daughter above.

fine motor skills water art

The kids created some beautiful water art and were just amazed with the colorful results. Their only complaint was that there was no way to save their work other than with photographs. So of course we took a ton of pictures!

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Comments

  1. Minta says

    May 25, 2016 at 6:09 am

    What if you laid a piece of white paper over the water drops? It may not save the work exactly but could make a whole different piece of art.

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    • Vicky says

      May 25, 2016 at 12:46 pm

      I love that idea Minta! We will try it next time!

      Reply
  2. Meg says

    March 27, 2017 at 1:34 pm

    What if you placed a piece of paper maybe water color paper over the wax paper and pressed to preserve the water art?

    Reply
    • Vicky says

      March 27, 2017 at 5:18 pm

      I never tried that, but I like the idea and it’s worth a try to see if it would work.

      Reply
  3. Virginia says

    May 9, 2017 at 6:48 am

    How about using a square of muslin to go on top of the art and make a pillow out of it?

    Reply
    • Vicky says

      May 9, 2017 at 8:42 am

      What a creative idea Virginia! I love the idea of being able to preserve it!

      Reply

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