Salt Art
I have done this colored sand activity over the years but without any sand on hand, I made my own colored salt and the results were awesome! My toddler helped some but like all of my ” Naptime Creations” this is for older children. These salt art jars make great paper weights or colorful balloon weights for parties.
- Gather your materials. You will need some Kosher Salt, food coloring, a bowls for mixing, a fork and a glass jar. I am using a large jar but for kids a great option are baby food jars! You may also want a straw and a funnel.
- Pour some salt in your bowl
and add some food coloring.
- Start mixing right away. My toddler loved this but the whole activity is not toddler friendly at all, you will want to do this with school age kids. You will have to help, I had to mix it like I was beating an egg. It takes a minute but it works!
- Mix multiple colors.
- Pour one color into your jar. Shake gently to make level. You can make cool stripes filling the jar like this the whole time.
Or… - You can use a straw to make a tunnel to the bottom
and fill with a different color for a cool effect.
- Although I didn’t , you can also add sea shells, sparkles or anything you like.
- Fill all the way, I ran out of colored salt , so I filled the rest with regular salt and tightened the lid.
You don’t want any wiggle room or the salt will mix and the design will be ruined.
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