Paper Collage Activities For Preschoolers. Assorted light and dark colored collage materials ribbon yarn tissue paper felt scraps fabrics and so on safety scissors. They use a glue brush inexpensive dollar store brush to paint glue in the area they want a particular color of sand then sprinkle that color of sand over the glue using their fingertips to pinch the sand.
Gather a variety of light and dark colored collage materials. Preschoolers can finger paint paper plates then add construction paper faces and limbs to create their own petting zoos. They may glue their hands together and that is ok too.
Let them feel and manipulate the textures in their hands.
For younger kids or children just beginning to work with collage it is important to let go of any expectation. They may or may not glue it down. They need time to do this. Paper plates provide the perfect canvas for kids they re sturdy enough for paint and glue and double as a convenient paint palette.
