What you need:
Table Salt
Paint Brushes
Food Coloring or Liquid Water Colors
Child-safe Glue
Tag Board
Jar of Water
Cookie Sheet
Directions:
Place tag board “canvas” onto a cookie sheet or old newspapers to contain the project and prevent messes. I would highly suggest using a cookie sheet.
Use the glue to cover paper in a fun pattern for the sky.
Liberally cover glue with salt and shake off excess.
Drip a few drops of food coloring or liquid water color onto the tag board, making sure to focus on the glued areas. The salt will absorb the color. If using food coloring, you can dip a brush in water and add
drips to the food color spots for a surprise.
Tilt the tray so the color rolls around the canvas, creating a beautiful, vibrant sky.
Add some more salt to the food coloring or water color to enhance the sparkle effect.
Paige and I created several works of art, but the following is our favorite!
For the different depths of color, I used the neon and assorted food coloring. This was such a fun project that we can do over and over again! Doesn’t the glistening paint look lovely on my refrigerator?
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Lisa Brown
Love the idea of using salt. A very fun and creative outlet for anyone 🙂
CR WIlliams
This sounds like a great after school activity!
Julie Wood
This is a gorgeous after school activity for my son or daughter. They really like creating art and I like how pretty the picture turned out! I like the idea of using salt to create art!
Janet W.
What a fun way to show lots of creativity!
Elena
It’s a great way to show kids creativity
Holly Thomas
That is so cool!
Cheryl
Salt art is pretty. The kids did a great job.
Margot C
How marvelous. I have a distant memory of our teacher doing this with the salt and the paint (and putting the board in a tray. Our pictures were more like lakes of color though. Probably were were younger than your daughter.
Pamela Gurganus
I absolutely love his art project! My family really enjoy doing crafts and they would really like this. Thank you for sharing.
Susan Smith
This is neat and colorful. I’m going to try this with my daughter.
mrsshukra
Salt art looks like a lot of fun!
Cynthia C
My niece would enjoy this activity.
shaunie
Loved how the paintings came out
Sarah Hayes
this looks awesome. My kiddo would love to do this
Dana Rodriguez
This turned out great! Awesome activity for kids!
Birdiebee
Wow, this is amazing. What a great project for kids.
Jill H
That looks fun & the project turned out real pretty.
Natalie Brown
My grandson’s favorite activities are art projects and this is such a cool idea! I’m for sure going to put it together for him. Thanks!!
Anita k
This will be extremely helpful.Thanks so very much for sharing.
Elizabeth H.
I can use this with my special needs students. Thank you a bunch for posting.
Richard Hicks
What a cute painting she created!
Allyson Bossie
Now this looks like something that is a lot of fun to fill boring moments!
Beth Minyard
How fun! My niece and nephew are coming over this weekend, I really should try this with them, they’d love it 🙂
Sara
a very nice painting
Crystal Rogers Walker
WHAT GREAT IDEA I ALWAYS HAVE PAINT WHEN MY GRANDDAUGHTER COMES UP SHE WANTS TO PAINT AND DRAW, LOVE THIS IDEA
Heather Johnson
This is such a cue fun craft. I have done this with children I have taken care of and my own kiddos. They had fun and enjoyed it
Betsy Rubendall Barnes
Great recipe for cool paint! This is a perfect way to spend a rainy day or even a snow day and I have all of the needed items already, no need to buy a bunch things. 🙂
Sarah L
I like the sparkle and texture you get from using the salt. And the cookie sheet is a very good idea for this.
angela smith
looks like a cool idea and recipe for homemade paint and alot of fun for the kids.she made a cool picture with it
Amanda Sakovitz
This is so cool. I’ve never seen this before!
Kay
Looks like fun for the whole family!
Amy Orvin
This looks like so much fun! I love the way it turned out.
kathie hoehn
Looks like a really fun project!