Salt Painting
Level of difficulty: Beginner
Engage your students' creativity with the captivating art of salt painting! This hands-on craft involves drawing glue lines, sprinkling salt, and applying watercolors to create mesmerizing effects as the colors effortlessly blend into the salt medium.
What You'll Need:
- Crafter’s Closet Multi-Colored Cardstock, 100 ct
- Crafter’s Closet Premium Watercolors
- Salt
- White Glue Bottle
- Tray
- Small Scoop
- Templates
Let's Do This!
Step 1:
- Print out the templates on cardstock.
Step 2:
- Carefully trace the template with the tip of a white glue bottle, applying an even line of glue.
- Slowly and carefully apply lines of glue to the template.
- Make sure all the lines on the template are covered with glue.
Step 3:
- Sprinkle salt over the lines of glue. Tip: Work over a pan to catch excess salt.
- Be sure to cover the glue lines completely.
- Once the whole template is covered, turn the paper sideways and gently tap the excess salt into the pan. Tip: Scoop up the excess salt and use it on other templates. Save the salt for future craft projects when you are done, as it is no longer edible.
- You are now ready to add color!
Step 4:
- Saturate a paint brush with watercolor and gently tap it on the salt painting. Tip: Do not overload the brush with water, as it will bleed into the paper.
- Watch the magic as the color seeps into the salt painting!
- Have fun coloring in the painting! Let it dry completely when done.
Note: Some salt may fall off the painting after it dries.
Download Templates
- Filename
- Salt_Painting_Template.pdf
- Size
- 441 KB
- Format
- application/pdf
