Fingers and toes make easy paintbrushes, and most preschoolers enjoy the tactile experience of squishing their hands and feet in paint. Cover the floor with paper. Help children take their shoes and socks off and roll up their pant legs. Paint children's fingers with paint and let them press their fingers onto the paper. Once they've created finger pictures, have children sit down on a clean spot of paper. Paint their toes and help them push their toes onto the paper. Let children squish them around for a few minutes, then clean their feet before letting them stand up.
Children can put on their own original shows using finger puppets. Cut out two U-shaped pieces of paper for each child's finger. Each piece should be about twice as wide as a child's finger. Glue or staple the sides and top of both pieces together. Give each child five or 10 of the puppets and let them decorate the puppets with faces to turn each one into a person or animal. Help children slip the puppets onto their fingertips, then take turns putting on shows for one another.
It's easy enough to pick up marbles with your fingers, but it's much more difficult to do with your toes. Give each child two bowls. Place a few marbles in one bowl and have children take off their shoes and socks. Challenge children to move the marbles, one at a time, from one bowl to the other using only their feet. Children may scoop up marbles between their toes, or clamp both feet together on a marble to lift it up.
Teach children that no two fingerprints are alike. Demonstrate the concept by helping each child make copies of his fingerprints. Press a child's thumb into an ink pad and then onto a piece of white paper. Repeat with all his fingers. If you don't have ink, scribble a pencil all over a piece of paper. Press a child's finger into the pencil coloring, then place a piece of tape over the finger. Place the tape onto the paper. Ask children to compare their fingerprints. Children can also try making prints of their toes.