Create Snowy Salt Paintings
Topics: Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten, Arts and Crafts
If using regular watercolors is getting a little dry, here's a fun technique to liven things up: use salt to create a beautiful snow painting with unique crystal texture! All you need are crayons, table salt, and water to get started. When finished, your child will have a great snow picture that he can cut snow-flakes or designs from and hang as added decoration for the holiday season.
Note: Though the project calls for Epsom salt, table salt or rock salt can be used instead.
What You Need:
- Dark construction paper such as purple and blue
- Crayons
- Paintbrushes
- 4 tablespoons Epsom salt
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) hot water
- Small cups or bowls
- Spoons
- Covered table
What You Do:
- Mix one-quarter cup hot water with four tablespoons of Epsom salt. Stir the mixture to dissolve.
- Draw freely with the crayons on the dark construction paper.
- Brush the drawing with the salt mixture. Stir the salt water each time a brush is dipped into the container to keep the brush full of very salty water.
- Dry the painting completely.
Now brush the salt crystals off the paper, and hang it up!
Adapted with permission from "Preschool Art: It's the Process, Not the Product." Copyright 1994 by MaryAnn F. Kohl. Used by Permission of Gryphon House, Inc., Maryland. All Rights Reserved.



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