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Recent Examples of finger painting
Examples include finger painting, identifying toys in a sandbox, or playing with musical blocks.
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Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Her collection features millions of childhood artworks across developmental milestones — from scribbles to finger paintings and pictorial works — and has served as a major source of inspiration for Belott’s own artistic practice.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
For toddlers and preschoolers, focus on tactile or sensory exploration activities like finger painting with mud, stamping with leaves, or drawing in the dirt with sticks.
—Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
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A little goes a long way with this gel-cream blush that will remind you of finger painting from back in the day.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
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Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Her collection features millions of childhood artworks across developmental milestones — from scribbles to finger paintings and pictorial works — and has served as a major source of inspiration for Belott’s own artistic practice.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
For toddlers and preschoolers, focus on tactile or sensory exploration activities like finger painting with mud, stamping with leaves, or drawing in the dirt with sticks.
—Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Cloud Paint Courtesy of brand 8/25 Glossier Cloud Paint
$20 $15
Glossier
A little goes a long way with this gel-cream blush that will remind you of finger painting from back in the day.
—Malia Griggs, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for finger painting
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An opportunity drawing will be held for an 8-foot-by-8-foot shed to boost fundraising.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2026
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On the morning after the April 22 drawing, Huesgen received an email from the lottery that took him by surprise.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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The Adam Lippes design replaced the cleaner line of the tuxedo with a wider skirt and a more formal portrait neckline, keeping the color restrained while giving the silhouette more volume.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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The imagery, made in Haiti, New York, Florida, and her current home of Los Angeles, uses both personal, documentary photographs and more surreal, formal portraits to link Cadet’s personal history to a broader meditation on the Black diasporic experience.—
Elly Fishman,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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Think pottery classes, watercolor lessons, baking, gardening, book clubs, Pilates, surf lessons and dance classes like hip hop.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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Lively leaned into the moment with a look designed to turn heads — an archival 2006 Atelier Versace gown in soft watercolor tones.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Popular web sketch comedy company Smosh has hired former MTV Entertainment Studios exec Cory Midgarden as the brand’s first-ever chief content officer.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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The trees in his paintings are all built from these different sketches.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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With its sarong, curve-enhancing silhouette, and scooped neckline, the little red dress is enough to stop hearts, take breath away, and provide CPR all at once.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
11 May 2026
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In addition to the breezy wide-leg silhouette, the pants feature a stretchy elastic back waistband for a comfortable, non-constricting fit.—
Melony Forcier,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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But in a matter of days, the race for control of the House — and the speaker’s gavel — was dramatically reset by back-to-back court rulings that wiped out the Democratic gains in Virginia and now threaten to erode Black representation by Democrats in the Deep South.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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The decision’s impact Gerling said the argument that the new districts make Kansas City more powerful with additional representation is not realistic.—
Ben Wheeler
May 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Construction crews building a barrier between the United States and Mexico damaged a 200-foot-long etching of a fish embedded in the land that is thought to be 1,000 years old, according to a report in the Washington Post.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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The Washington Post published satellite imagery of the damage along the border, depicting the destruction of a roughly 60-foot portion of the more than 200-foot-long etching.—
Joseph Konig,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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“Finger painting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finger%20painting. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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