Cotton Ball Dunking

Cotton Ball Dunking

Posted 2013-02-11 by carlyfollow
A fun way to practise fine motor skills



Time: 10 minutes
Age: Over 2s
Level: Medium

Materials
  • Cotton balls
  • Chopsticks
  • Food colouring
  • Water
  • Small containers
  • Large sheet of paper or newspaper

  • Method
  • Use food colouring and water to fill the small containers



  • Pour out cotton balls, near the small containers of coloured water. Add the chopsticks.



  • Place the large sheet of paper or newspaper within flinging distance from the activity.

  • Ask children to pick up the cotton balls, dunk them in the coloured water and fling them through the air onto the paper. Its a good idea to not give detailed instructions, or show them how to do this activity, but rather sit back and watch them experiment.



  • Encourage the children to test out their ideas and discuss their findings. Looking at different splatter patterns on the paper is interesting too.

  • If you want to keep this painting, pick off the soaked cotton balls, and leave to dry on a flat surface.



  • Categories
    #colour_mixing
    #chopsticks
    #messy_play
    #under_5 's
    #medium
    #cotton_wool_ball

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