Snap Painting

Fine motor skills are essential building blocks to being able to manipulate pencil on paper. A strong pincer grasp is key to this process. This beautiful art project is a fantastic and easy way to work on the pincer grasp. Have fun! I can’t wait to see what you create!

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What you’ll need

• A shallow box (I found mine in the recycling)
• Rubber bands
• Paper
• Acrylic paints
• Paint brush

Put your rubber bands around the box. You can put as many as you like and space them however you wish. Now slide your paper into the box making sure it lies on the bottom. Trim to fit if you need too.

Time for color! Ready your palette and begin to paint the rubber bands. Get A LOT of paint on the underside of the rubber bands. Some will end up on the top and that’s just fine.

Now comes the fine motor work! Grasp one (or more!) rubber band and pull it straight up. It will feel tight. When you feel ready let go of the rubber band. BOOM! Beautiful splatters of color.! Keep adding paint and pinching the rubber bands and splattering that paint. You can even change the rubber bands to the other side of the box. This really fills up the whole paper.

Here is my finished piece.

I love it

You can change the thickness of the rubber bands or you could even try this with yarn or string. Keep working on that grasp. See you for another project soon!