Child's artistry in their pre-school age has a key role in development of their creative and cognitive abilities. In this period children express their thoughts, feelings and their view of the world through different artistic activities. Drawing, painting and other artistic ativities allow/enable them to explore their ideas and to develop fine motor skills. Artistic activies also encourage imagination and creativity which is of great importance for child’s overall development. Artistry also encourages emotional development because children can express their emotions and experiences through art, which helps them to improve their emotional inteligence. During pre-school age it is very important to allow children freedom of expression and to boost their creativity and also to encourage them free themselves of fear of criticism and judgement. This approach allows them to develop their self-confidence and positive self-image. The role of pre-school teacher and parents is to support and to encourage children's creativity by giving them materials of various kind and many opportunities to be creative. That means that child's artistry in pre-school is not just fun activity, but is also a foundation for future development. Pre-school teacher needs to provide children with different materials that are adjusted to their age. Collage is one of the most common art techniques that children encounter since their early age, so in this paper are explained painting techniques and child's art stages, and research of prevalence of collage techniques in early and pre-school education in croatian kindergardens is being displayed.