How to Use finger painting in a Sentence

finger painting

noun
  • Paw and nose prints cover the lower half of the glass doors like finger paintings.
    — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 June 2019
  • Paw and nose prints cover the lower half of the glass doors like finger paintings.
    — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 June 2019
  • What did finger painting or building blocks have to do with the questions that haunted me?
    — Pamela Jane Bell, WSJ, 13 May 2018
  • And with a little more finger painting and a spray of perfume by Chanel, González is off.
    — Kate Branch, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2018
  • Random works of a kindergartner’s finger painting are more pleasing to the eye.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Art therapy isn’t just finger painting and doodling.
    — Hannah Silverman, Parents, 17 June 2026
  • Do something fun and silly—like finger painting or completing a puzzle.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Decorate bookmarks, do some finger painting or make jellyfish out of paper bowls and yarn.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
  • All the while, parents should remain open-minded to other interests, from finger painting to simply playing in the mud.
    — Mary Kearl, Popular Science, 20 Feb. 2021
  • To celebrate the occasion, his parents treated him to a banana oatmeal cake and finger painting.
    — Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • As a child, Katie Flores always seemed to gravitate toward finger painting.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The family, along with their daughter Kensie, 4, and the rest of the cast, spent the day finger painting and opening presents at the party.
    — Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2018
  • On the walls were portraits of Jesus, graduation photos, and finger paintings.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 2 May 2020
  • Fast forward, and the hero product has been revamped with a convenient applicator—goodbye, lip balm finger painting!
    — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 3 June 2021
  • For instance, these missing-finger paintings show up even in warmer climates where people really shouldn’t be suffering from frostbite.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2018
  • The child, who lived in a world with that name carefully written into her clothes, scrawled on the finger paintings still hanging on the refrigerator, paused, then leaped back.
    — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 9 July 2017
  • The hairs in your nose continue to beat after deathPaleolithic finger painting?
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2011
  • The artist portrayed bodies on fabric, tracing their contours with finger painting, the distinctive signature of his practice.
    — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
  • The artist combines finger painting and collaging on the surface of his canvases to evoke vivid colors, bold compositions, patterns and textures.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Examples include finger painting, identifying toys in a sandbox, or playing with musical blocks.
    — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Examples include finger painting, identifying toys in a sandbox, or playing with musical blocks.
    — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
  • According to Phillips, finger painting promotes fine motor development.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Sugar Club, the resort's kids' club, offers robust daily programming with activities like slime making, finger painting, treasure hunts, and coconut bowling.
    — Nneka M. Okona, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Tutorials include cherry blossom finger paintings and monoprinting.
    — Nicole Ludden, azcentral, 20 May 2020
  • The lemurs at the Duke Lemur Center receive intellectual stimulation each week through finger painting sessions, according to Marron.
    — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Rosewood Explorers is a clubhouse with supervised activities, such as sandcastle building, kite flying, pizza making, finger painting, and marching in a Junkanoo parade.
    — Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2025
  • For the images on view at Transformer Station, Soren used a large format, 8x10-inch camera to photograph iPad screens under raking light that highlights the marks left on the glassy surface like those in a child’s finger painting.
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2019

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