Painting with a Fork
Painting with a fork is a fun and easy activity for children!
The idea behind this activity? The tines of the fork will allow little ones to paint furs, spikes, and even hair. These fork painting ideas will also help toddlers learn to handle their fork.
You can practice this original painting technique at home with children from the age of 3.
And guess what? We’ve even prepared 6 lovely templates to print for this activity: cactus, clown, lion, bear, hedgehog, and chick.
To print our templates, click here or on "Printable Template" in the second photo.
Also discover other techniques such as foam painting, q-tip painting, and squeegee painting.
How to complete this tutorial step by step?
Materials:
To paint with a fork you will need:
- movable eyes Ø 2.5 cm
- a fork
- our free printable templates
- red, yellow, orange, green, brown, and blue paint + a brush
- plastic trays
- sheets of white paper
- a printer
- white glue
- a black marker
Step 1:
To begin, print our templates here.
For the Cactus:
Pour some green paint into a plastic tray and then dip the back of the fork into it.
Then stamp the fork starting from the outside and continue until reaching the center, as shown in the photo.
Step 2:
With a black permanent marker, redraw the mouth.
Step 3 :
Glue two movable eyes (Ø 2.5 cm) inside the two circles.
Step 4 :
Each child can customize their creation with their name and age!
The Chick:
This time, dab yellow paint with a fork starting from the outside towards the center.
Once the paint is dry, go over the outline of the beak with a black marker and paint the inside orange with a brush. Then, stick two googly eyes inside the two circles.
The Bear:
This time, dab brown paint with the fork starting from the outside towards the center.
Once the paint is dry, go over the outline of the ears and the snout with a black felt-tip pen. Then, glue two googly eyes inside the two circles.
The hedgehog:
Stamp here with brown paint using the fork, starting from the bottom to the top to properly shape the spikes of the hedgehog.
Now color the inside of the nose with a black marker and stick a googly eye inside the circle.
The lion:
Stamp this time with red, orange, and yellow paint (in that order) using the fork all around the circle.
Paint the inside of the tongue red with a brush and stick two googly eyes inside the two circles.
The Clown:
This time, dab red, orange, green, blue, and yellow paint with a fork on the clown's head, starting from the bottom to the top.
Paint the inside of the nose red with a brush and stick two googly eyes inside the two circles.
The products used:
10doigts Gouache, 250 ml - 10 Colors
Réf. 12180 - Product sheet
25,90€ (either 2,59 € / pc)
1,99€ (either 0,66 € / pc)
Plastic Bins 11 x 8 cm - 6 pieces
Réf. 29075 - See the full range
2,40€ (either 0,40 € / pc)
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