finger painting

noun

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

Example Sentences

Even more upsettingly, she encourages his poor mother to dance about and do finger-painting — as if Constance Orser weren’t a woman whose principal delight was completing the Sunday crossword in The New York Times.

From New York Times

It was as if his brain was broken, and he went from writing term papers analyzing Plutarch's "Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans" to finger-painting.

From Salon

People talk about the way van Gogh used unmixed colors squeezed straight from the tube, as if he were a pure-hearted child blissfully finger-painting the hours away.

From Washington Post

There are sheets of paper taped to the door, a collection of finger-painting projects.

From Literature

And every day, students get three-hour blocks of unscheduled, uninterrupted “work” time — the word “play” is not used — in which they are free to choose their activities, whether finger-painting or sorting wooden pegs.

From New York Times