3D Salt Painting ~ Easy Crafts for Kids

 

3D Salt Painting ~ Easy Crafts for Kids

My 5 year old and I made some fun salt paintings today. Salt painting are fun because they stick up off the page and have bold vibrant colors. You can drop the colors onto the salt and watch it follow the path, such a fun way to make a pretty picture. PLUS they are budget friendly and FAST to make… two things that are important for me, that way I don’t feel bad when I toss this in the trash after it has been proudly displayed in our house for a few days.

kids craft projects, 3d Salt Painting, perfect for kids of all ages preschool up to teens, Low cost art and craft projects

To make these you will need

  • Cardboard or poster board (thick paper plates work well too)
  • Elmers school glue
  • Table salt
  • Food coloring (diluted with water)
  • Eye dropper
  • Little hands ready to make a project

Draw your image on the cardboard, make sure some of the lines overlap so the color has a path to follow. Cover with salt, tap off the extra salt and  set aside to dry. In small bowl drop a few drops of food color, then dilute it with water to thin down the color.  Use an eye dropper to suck up some color and drop it on the salt. Watch it follow the salt lines and make a beautiful picture.

kids craft projects, 3d Salt Painting, perfect for kids of all ages preschool up to teens, Low cost art and craft projects, primary colors

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154 COMMENTS

  12. That looks like fun! Thank you for sharing. I will definitely give that a go with the family this summer!

  24. I’m a nanny for a 6 year old girl and she LOVES crafts! I needed a new craft. Thank YOU soooooo much!!!!!!!

  28. Very cool craft! Will definitely have to do this summer with my girls!

  33. So sweet, you made a ladybug!!! Can’t wait to get back to class on Monday to share with my kiddos! Got to head off to a Birthday party right now—thanks!

  34. Any idea on what I can for kids for my wedding? I’m going to have a good amount of children all ages

  41. I want to see it my nieces bday is on Friday I think this would be fun for them

  42. That’s a really pretty lady bug. U0001f41eU0001f41eU0001f41eU0001f41eU0001f41e

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  53. My triplets are dying to try this project. I’m a k teacher and used to do this project many years ago with my class.

  58. We are studying “Insects”, so can’t wait to make ladybugs and bumblebees using this process! Thanks!

  80. Fort Stevens was a military base at the mouth of the Columbia River. You can walk around and see the structures left behind and take a walking tour of the underground bunker. Another part of thr park has remains of a pirate ship on the beach.

  88. I like this craft for the cold oregon winter when you can’t really leave the house

  89. We do an art craft every Saturday with the kiddos! Definitely doing this tomorrow. Thanks for the awesome idea!

  93. Love this idea. Gonna try with my so and next yr. With preschool class.. thanks for Sharing

  106. It’s like a real life version of using the paint can on on Microsoft paint! Do kids even know what that is anymore??!! U0001f602

  117. It’s kind of what we did in elementary school but I think we dyed the salt and just put it right on the glue.

  119. My kids are to little but this is cool and it’ll be a plan in the near future

  121. Does it need to dry before you do the color? (Like the butterfly you set aside)

  130. Try touching the 3 dots in top right and turn off seeing live reactions, this may help wi the cutting out (on mobile device)

  131. Cutting out happens for me when a new comment posts. It’s a Facebook problem.

  132. If I’m thinking what you are doing, we did this same thing in elementary school. We did it with like aztec drawings or whatever. Like the ones you see on sides of mountains.

  139. Hi!!! From Eugene, Oregon! Hopefully this will be great for my 2 year old preschoolers!!!

  147. We just did this with watercolor paints at my summer art camp @ Creation Station in Columbus TEXAS!!!!

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