I found the idea for Salt Art in a similarly named
post at Smilemonsters blog. It looked like a fun thing for Dylan & me to try. I prepped the salt a few days in advance, placing 1/2 cup of salt in each of three bags. I added 6 drops of food coloring to the bags and then shook & squeezed until all the salt was colored.
Since using salt as an art medium would clearly get messy with a 2 year old, we headed outside to the
picnic table to create.
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| Supplies: colored salt, paper plates, foam brush and glue. |
In a small bowl I mixed Elmer's glue with water to create a brushable paste for Dylan to use. I handed the brush to Dylan and a paper plate explaining he needed to "paint" on the glue first. Since painting is his current favorite art activity, he immediately jumped into this part.
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| "Painting" on glue. |
Then I showed him how he could pinch a bit of the salt and drop it onto the plate.
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| Salt drop! |
He continued to paint glue and add salt to his plate. Sometimes painting over the salt already there. He did add a bit of the yellow &
red pink salts but so little it barely shows in the photos.
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| Adding more glue over the salt just because. :) |
I confess, I got in on the fun too and created my own masterpiece. I was thinking of our beach trip, more specifically the ocean and sunrise, as I added my glue and salts.
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| Our masterpieces. |
After it was done, I realized mine looked more like an Easter egg! ha! Oh well, it was fun to create regardless and we still have a good bit of sand left to play with another day.
