Drip Prints

Create colourful patterns from watercolour drips!

First mix food colouring in a small cup of water.
Encourage children to use the eye droppers and squeeze the coloured water onto the cotton pad.
The coloured water will drip onto the cotton pads to create patterns.
Let it dry.

Appropriate Age: 3 year+
Number of Children: Individual (1)
Developmental Milestones:
Fine Motor Development Preschoolers
established hand preference
manipulates small objects
holds object between thumb and first two fingers

Cognitive Development Preschoolers
describes pictures in detail
able to identify and name primary colours
increased concentration
understands positional words (middle, end)
answers simple questions
follows simple instructions
identify and name secondary colours
learns through observations and social interactions
understands order and process
Play Based Learning: Exploratory Play, Creative Play
Interest Areas: Art and Craft
Games Categories: Art and Craft, Creative Play Games, Learning Games
EYLF Outcomes: Learning Outcome 4, Learning Outcome 5
Sub Outcomes:
4.2 Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.

5.4 Children begin to understand how symbols and pattern systems work.

Created On April 20, 2023 Last modified on Tuesday, April 18, 2023

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