The younger the children are, the more the focus is on playing with paints. Exploring the feel of MUCKI Finger Paint, messing about and daubing with the paint is a fascinating experience for a two-year-old. Older children tend to have a picture they want to paint in mind. But even a collection of smeared paints can look like abstract art. And in the right frame, it can look very impressive. That makes even the youngest artists very proud and encourages them to create more art.

We recommend painting with small children at a table. That way, you have their paint play under better control. Painting on a wall, on a floor or at an easel is something for more advanced children and parents who are more tolerant about paint marks and stains. Perfect is a big dining table. A children’s table also works, but doesn’t give them much space and little ones are more likely to get up with their colourful fingers between painting. Parents have to expect this.  

Protect the dining table against paint marks with newspaper, baking paper or a crafting tablecloth. If you are painting with more than one child, it is important that each child has its own space to paint. A good idea is to mark out individual spaces with a rectangular painting mat made of cardboard or with a marked newspaper page, just like an oversized table mat. The little artists then know exactly how far their painting radius goes. This space should be generous in size. Painting with MUCKI Finger Paint stirs up emotions that the kids express with paint. And for that they need space for free movement.

Stretched canvases and painting board are impressive as a painting surface. But for the first painting endeavours and for more than one child, paper is better. It is ideal for lots of trying out and the parents‘ expectations are not that high. As the paper can warp with liquid paint, a large painting pad with a paper thickness of at least 160 g/m² is a good choice, e.g. KREUL Paper Kids Art. By the way, loose sheets warp less if you first use masking tape to fold and stick the edges and fix them to some cardboard.

MUCKI Finger Paint  for Fabric is very popular for children’s birthdays. Medium-sized textiles like t-shirts or fabric bags are absolutely perfect for painting at children’s birthdays, giving the guests an impressive momento of the day to take home. Cushion covers are a cute accessory for the children’s rooms at home. It is important to lay a piece of baking paper between the layers of fabric, so that the paint doesn’t bleed through to the back of the fabric and onto the second layer. 

Whether on paper or fabrics: for painting sessions with MUCKI Finger Paints, we recommend keeping paper towels, wet wipes or wet flannels on hand in case you suddenly need to wipe colourful fingers clean between painting.  
 

MUCKI Finger Paints are available in 150-ml tubs. For parents, it's easy to take the lids off the tubs with different colours and put them on the table for the kids to help themselves, But it's better for the kids to make their own palette of colours. This keeps the remaining paint in the jars clean so it can be used for the next painting session. Put individual MUCKI Finger Paint colours onto paper plates. Make several paper plates available so that the kids can use them to mix new colours, e.g. orange from MUCKI Finger Paint in pink and yellow.

Empty, wide yoghurt beakers or chocolate box liners with separate compartments are also suitable. You don’t even have to bin these after a painting session. Just let the remaining MUCKI Finger Paint dry in the compartments and later you can use water and a paintbrush to solubilize the paints again. This way, you can get a DIY watercolour box. 

MUCKI Finger Paint can be washed out of most textiles from 30 °C. We have compiled all you need to know about this in this post. Caution: MUCKI Finger Paint for Fabrics cannot be washed out of textiles. After all, it is designed for decorating textiles. So it’s best that the little artists wear an apron or an old shirt that they are allowed to get dirty.