An easy way to engage children in a frog finger painting activity is to trace the outline of a frog on a piece of paper and have the children finger paint the interior of the tracing. Have children use their fingers, fists and palms to add different designs to the frogs. Vary the project by making one large outline on butcher paper and having many children help paint it, or make tiny frog outlines on card stock for the children to finger paint. Once the tiny frogs are dry, children can cut them out and glue them to a pond or tree scene.
Making frog footprints is a creative use of finger paints for a frog activity. For example, you can cut a webbed frog footprint from a sponge. Children can put finger paint in a pie plate, dip the bottoms of the sponges in the paint and stamp frog feet on large pieces of paper. You can integrate the frog footprints into a learning unit by having the children create footprints going around the paper and then instruct each child write a story about where the frog went on its travels.
Combining lily pads and frogs in a finger paint craft teaches children about frogs and where they live. The children can cut lily pad shapes from green paper, and then glue them to a piece of blue construction paper to represent water. Children can make frogs by holding their thumbs close to their hands, spreading their fingers and covering their hands in green finger paint. If the children press their hands on each lily pad and then put another frog above the lily pad, it will create the look of frogs leaping over each other. After the paint dries, children can paint details on the frogs, such as eyes and tongues.
For a different finger painting experience, try using thumbprints only. Have each child make a number of thumbprints on a page with green finger paint. After the paint is dry, have children add eyes and other features to each thumbprint to turn them into frogs. The children can then draw a scene around their frog group.