Finger Painting Fireworks with Glitter Paint For Kids

I love colorful fireworks. They are so much fun to see in the sky. And today I have a fun simple finger painted fireworks with glitter paints!

Super smiple fun and easy to do a finger painting project that takes very little time to set up and do. Plus easy to do with preschool and older at kids.

Plus who does not love fun and simple painting crafts to make your own fireworks display!

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The fireworks painting for kids is a great project for the Fourth of July or every for New Years Eve.

I love to change things up and using glitter paints is loads of fun. You get bright colors with glitter. Plus it is much easier when the glitter is in the paint and not adding glitter to the painting project.

This is a great art project that different ages can do. For younger kids make sure they have something to color up their clothes. And with older kids let them be as creative as they want. This is about making art not sticking to a set activity.

Plus the result of this easy finger painting is loads of fun!

What you need for the Simple Firework Finger Painting

• black construction paper
• Crayola Washable Glitter Paint
• paint tray
• pencil

How we made our Finger Paint Fireworks

Step One: Draw the Fireworks

You can start by drawing the lines on the paper for your fireworks. This lets you know when you paint where you want it and the shape of the fireworks will be.

Now if you have younger kids you could draw the lines for them.

Step Two: Put Paints in the Tray

I use a paint tray and put out all the glitter paint colors for them to use. The tray is easy to clean up and great because we reuse it a lot. Look at all that fun glitter!

BTW it might not show it but I really don’t like glitter all that much! But hey kids love using different things.

Step Three: Drip Finger in Paint

Then dip the finger in the paint that you want to use. Yup, it will be a little messy. But it is fun to change how you do your painting. And finger painting is a good sensory activity for kids.

If you have one that does not want to finger paint think about using q-tips instead.

Step Four: Use the Paint to Make the Fireworks

Then paint away! You use your finger to trace the lines of the fireworks you have drawn. You might need to dip back into the paint a few times but still fun.

Plus it is fun to see the color appear on the black paper as you finger paint the fireworks.

Clean Hands & Fingers While Painting

Between colors, you might want to wash your fingers or hands. We used a paper towel with a little water on it. It is an easy way not to mix the colors while you are painting.

Or you could just use one color for each finger! And then paint away!

Use Left Over Paints!

Now oftentimes we finish a project and still have paint. I don’t like to waste is so we pull out another piece of paper and have fun using the rest up!

When we finish up. we clean the table up with a magic eraser! It is great for getting dry paint off! If you want to avoid a mess you could also use something under your painting.

Here is a final firework finger paintings

Check out these other great 4th of July Activities

No-Prep Fireworks ABC Color & Count is a fun activity where you find the uppercase letter and color by a code. Then you get to count how many of each letter. It is a fun alphabet activity for kids to do.

Free 4th of July Pack for Tot, PreK & Kindergarten has some great Fourth of July printables and a few fun fireworks in the printable pack you can use with kids!

Fireworks Themed Counting & Color Word Easy Reader Book lets you count and color fireworks. You could always finger paint the fireworks in the book.

Easy to Make Oil Pastel Fireworks is a super simple craft that kids can do last minute. It is fun and easy. These are fun to watch appear on the page as you color with the oil pastels. Another way to do make fireworks that is not finger painting.

Stars & Flag Watercolor Painting is a great 4th of July theme watercolor paint you can do with the fireworks.

Piper Cleaner Fireworks are a simple process art that kids can do to make fireworks. They can be as creative as they want. This is a great alternative if you to do for kids who don’t like finger painting.

Check out all the fun Fourth of July Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com