Salt painting is a fun and easy art activity that combines glue, salt, and watercolor to create textured, colorful designs. Kids love watching the bright colors dance and spread across the glittery salt lines right before their eyes! But don’t move the paper while it’s wet — salt paintings are delicate until dry!
You Will Need:
Heavyweight or Cardstock Paper
Pencil (optional)
White Glue (like Elmer’s)
Table Salt
Watercolors
Paintbrushes
Cup of Water
Baking Sheets
What to Do:
1. Prepare – Put paper on baking sheets. Gather supplies. Have a disposable cup of water and small paintbrushes next to the work space to use the watercolors.
2. Draw with glue – Use white glue to draw lines, shapes, or patterns on the paper. I used a pencil to draw autumn leaves to help follow while drawing with the glue.
3. Add salt – While the glue is still wet, sprinkle salt over it until all glue lines are covered. Gently shake off the extra salt onto baking sheets. Reuse the salt and sprinkle onto glue art again, shaking the salt off onto a baking sheet.
4. Let the glue dry – I find letting the glue to dry overnight makes salt painting easier. But you can start painting right away if time is an issue.
5. Add color – Have the kids dip a paintbrush in watercolor and lightly touch the salt lines. The color will spread along the salt path.
6. Let it dry – Leave the artwork flat to dry completely before hanging to display.
Photo by Stephanie Felzenberg
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