Keep little learners engaged this fall with these Q-tip painting mats—a simple, low prep fine motor activity perfect for your preschool, TK, and kindergarten classroom. Whether you’re celebrating International Dot Day or looking for seasonal fun, these fall-themed dot painting activities are a must-have for morning tubs, early finishers, centers, or art time.
Just print and go! Use cotton swabs/Q-tips and paint (or even markers!) to fill in the dots on fall-themed pages like leaves, pumpkins, bats, acorns, and more!
Why You'll Love It:
A great way to celebrate International Dot Day in September with meaningful and creative dot painting
Hands-on fine motor development with little to no mess
Supports pencil grip, hand-eye coordination, and focus through engaging dot art
Encourages independence with visual instructions
Your students won’t even realize they’re practicing important skills—they’ll just think it’s fun!
Materials Needed:
Q tips
Paint
Paint tray
Fun printable (25 options in this resource)
Easy Prep: Provide students with a paint tray and q-tips. Demonstrate an example to show that the circles have to be stamped with the paint that is on the tip of the q-tip.
The activity in complete when all circles have been stamped.
No Paint? No Problem!
Students can use marker tips to stamp the circles.
Autumn dot q-tip painting includes 25 print and go options:
Happy pumpkin (Hello Autumn)
Happy Apple Basket (Apple Picking)
Apple
Happy Scarecrow (This little scarecrow is ready for Fall)
pumpkin latte
Autumn Tree - updated
pumpkin
Hello Fall pumpkin
football
apple truck
leaf
squirrel
sunflower
scarecrow
pie
turkey
acorn
spider
Boo (ghost)
corn
Johnny Appleseed
Hay Bale
Pumpkin Truck
apple donut
Fall candle
Dot Painting – A Fine Motor Activity
“Fine motor skill is the coordination of small muscles, in movements – usually involving the synchronization of hands and fingers – with eyes”.
→ Q-tip Painting Activities are made with fine motor development in mind (helps develop a good pencil grip).
→ Can be used in Occupational Therapy to help students improve on fine motor abilities.
Teachers like you said:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Renata M. says, "Such a simple, yet fun activity that helps with fine motor skills. It makes cute pictures to display and isn't too messy".
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mikayla S. says, "Q-tip painting is always a great activity during independent small group time. The pictures were great and there were many options for the students to pick from".
❤️ I love to see my products in action, so please tag me @natashascrafts_learnthroughart if you share a photo.
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Follow @Natasha's Crafts for store updates and much more!
Thank you,
Copyright ©Natasha's Crafts 2025
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For single classroom use only.
Keep little learners engaged this fall with these Q-tip painting mats—a simple, low prep fine motor activity perfect for your preschool, TK, and kindergarten classroom. Whether you’re celebrating International Dot Day or looking for seasonal fun, these fall-themed dot painting activities are a must-have for morning tubs, early finishers, centers, or art time.
Just print and go! Use cotton swabs/Q-tips and paint (or even markers!) to fill in the dots on fall-themed pages like leaves, pumpkins, bats, acorns, and more!
Why You'll Love It:
A great way to celebrate International Dot Day in September with meaningful and creative dot painting
Hands-on fine motor development with little to no mess
Supports pencil grip, hand-eye coordination, and focus through engaging dot art
Encourages independence with visual instructions
Your students won’t even realize they’re practicing important skills—they’ll just think it’s fun!
Materials Needed:
Q tips
Paint
Paint tray
Fun printable (25 options in this resource)
Easy Prep: Provide students with a paint tray and q-tips. Demonstrate an example to show that the circles have to be stamped with the paint that is on the tip of the q-tip.
The activity in complete when all circles have been stamped.
No Paint? No Problem!
Students can use marker tips to stamp the circles.
Autumn dot q-tip painting includes 25 print and go options:
Happy pumpkin (Hello Autumn)
Happy Apple Basket (Apple Picking)
Apple
Happy Scarecrow (This little scarecrow is ready for Fall)
pumpkin latte
Autumn Tree - updated
pumpkin
Hello Fall pumpkin
football
apple truck
leaf
squirrel
sunflower
scarecrow
pie
turkey
acorn
spider
Boo (ghost)
corn
Johnny Appleseed
Hay Bale
Pumpkin Truck
apple donut
Fall candle
Dot Painting – A Fine Motor Activity
“Fine motor skill is the coordination of small muscles, in movements – usually involving the synchronization of hands and fingers – with eyes”.
→ Q-tip Painting Activities are made with fine motor development in mind (helps develop a good pencil grip).
→ Can be used in Occupational Therapy to help students improve on fine motor abilities.
Teachers like you said:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Renata M. says, "Such a simple, yet fun activity that helps with fine motor skills. It makes cute pictures to display and isn't too messy".
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mikayla S. says, "Q-tip painting is always a great activity during independent small group time. The pictures were great and there were many options for the students to pick from".
❤️ I love to see my products in action, so please tag me @natashascrafts_learnthroughart if you share a photo.
Did you know you can earn TPT credit by leaving reviews on purchased products?
Follow @Natasha's Crafts for store updates and much more!
Thank you,
Copyright ©Natasha's Crafts 2025
All rights reserved by author.
For single classroom use only.
