All mummies should have a ready stock of art and craft supplies for “rainy days”. Yes, rainy days or days when unexpected events happened, and you have to stay home with your kids. So, I really have to thank the mummy blogger at Ingspirations who shared her simple salt art idea and it saved my day when the kids were bored and had nothing to do at home.
The first intriguing thing that struck me was how salt can turn colour so easily by twirling a chalk or in my case, we ran out of chalk, and used pastel colours from Daiso.
First you have these simple art supplies ready: Pastel or chalk, bowls of salt, glue, paper
Next, your kid chooses a favourite colour and twirl the pastel / chalk in a bowl of salt.
There you go! Ta da!! The salt changes to the colour you want!!
Now, you can put glue on a piece of paper and sprinkle the coloured salt on it.
You can draw any picture outline with the glue and sprinkle the coloured salt, it’s that simple!
One warning though is that since this is salt, it actually gets damp after a while. Hence, it cannot be a permanent art piece for keepsake. Nevertheless, we had fun seeing how the salt turns colour and I could easily explain to my kids on how the pastel or chalk colour particles stick to the salt via friction and motion. Ermm…did I explain correctly? Hopefully! I was glad my kids enjoy the simple art session!
For other simple art: you can read my earlier post:
A simple gift for teacher’s day – Magnetic gift box
Simple art and craft – Rainbow Box
Do you have simple art fun that intrigued you? Share with me!
What a cute idea – and a great science lesson! I saw the cutest pin on Pinterest the other day, a paper plate with a white circle in the middle, then a yellow circle and the outside was rimmed in orange. Then they cut it like a pizza pie and voila! Candy corn to be strung together with yarn and a banner was made! It’s hard to explain, but it was genius (in my opinion!) I love those fast, inexpensive crafts! Thanks for sharing the pictures your kids did, they are wonderful pieces of (temporary) art!
Pinterest has the most amazing pictures and crafts to share! Can’t really picture well your description but remember to let me know if you chanced upon it again 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Will do!
Great stuff!!
Thank you!
I’ve seen coloured salt but didn’t know you could do it with chalk! Good one to try. Thanks!
It amazes us like magic when we saw the colour change! Go try it out with your little ones 🙂
What a fun idea!
Thanks! Indeed it is!
What a great idea illbe book marking this
Thanks! Glad you find it interesting for book marking! Share it with your friends 🙂
What a fantastic idea! I’ll have to try this one. Thank you. Ps I agree on every mum should have a stock of art supplies 😉
You are one of my inspirations for simple craft ideas too! Just like what you advocate: free but fun!!
Haha! We did this while you left us at home! Now go replenish the salt :p
Lovley idea will have to give it a try
Thank you! Hope you had a fun time with your kids!
I will have to remember this when the right time comes…
xoxo, Eszter
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You are most welcome to bookmark it!
Wow, I like the vibrant colours of your salt! You’re right that these salt art pieces do not last long. I’ve actually thought of laminating them to see if they can be preserved longer…
Thanks for linking!
Good blogs are worth linking! And you have many good ideas, seen them on fb! I think you may have to laminate quickly before the art piece gets distorted by dampness. I think it should work, let me know if you succeed 🙂
Thanks for your kind words.
After some thought, I realise laminating might not work, cos the heat will melt the salt! Haha.