Mother's Day Art Activity

Here's a cute, quick Mother's Day activity to try- You need:

• paper
• black marker
• tempera paint

Draw a line for a stem with lines extending from the top. I had my students imitate me drawing. Have the students dip their finger in tempera paint and make small dots along the lines. Simple! Simple and yet, some of my students had difficulty with grading the amount of pressure to use to make the dots, some of them did not like to get their hands messy, and some of them had a hard time motor planning where and how to place the dots along the lines. We had fun making them!

My example is on the right