The girls were initially put-off by the fact that fingerpaint only came in four colors (primary and green) but they discovered mixing them up to create new colors (which required they remember their former art class color wheels) was fun.
They were also quite adept at painting each color with a different finger because it was a hassle to wipe your finger after using each color (getting that bit out of the fingernails is a pain and if you don't, it really can mix in to the next color you use). I didn't care for the awkwardness in using my ring finger to draw and I did a lot more cloth wiping than the girls did.
So less you think that your kids (or you) are too old to spend a morning fingerpainting, think again. It really is a lot of fun, especially on a rainy day ... and a lot less messy when your kids are 11 and 13 years old (although I think messy is good when it keeps the kids busy for hours so this was an activity we did a lot when the girls were little because these washable paints really don't stain anything).
By the time we were tired of painting we had about 20 pictures among the three of us. We did a variety of styles and subjects as you can see. The great thing about fingerpainting is that anything goes and it's easy to do even if you don't have a talent for painting (which I don't think I do, nor does G. feel she does either but we still had fun making designs and abstracts).Oh, and I highly recommend that you get paper designed specifically for fingerpainting. The paint doesn't spread well on regular paper and the watercolor effect just isn't as nice.
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