Finger painting is a fun preschool art activity that can be successfully executed with a little preparation. After laying out the plastic table cloths on both the table and the floor, put old clothes on your preschooler and mix up this homemade fingerpaint. You will need a quarter-cup liquid laundry starch and food coloring or one teaspoon of tempera paint. Mix together. Store in airtight containers. Kids enjoy the texture of this paint. Add a drop of dishwashing soap to make clean-up easier.
Prepare a batch of edible clay for a special project. Preschoolers can make flowers, animals or car shapes and then share with a friend. You will need one cup of peanut butter, one cup of corn syrup, one cup of powdered sugar and three cups of powdered milk. Blend in a mixer and then knead until smooth.
Children can use this clay with cookie cutters or just build with. Wash the child's hands before using. if they decide to use modeling clay utensils, be sure to have them perfectly clean. Boiling these items ahead of time will ensure their cleanliness.
Blowing bubbles is fun. Capturing bubbles on a piece of paper is even better. You will need pans with bubble solution, one for each color used and food coloring, clean straws and white paper. Put a few drops of food coloring into each pan. Show the preschooler how to use a straw to blow air into a pan to make the bubbles grow. Place a piece of white paper on top, pressing right down on the bubbles. Take the same paper from pan to pan to gather impressions of different colored bubbles.