Sea Salt Sensations!
Getting Crafty with the kiddos!
It’s been a consistent goal of mine to be more intentional with how I interact with my kiddos. It’s so easy for me to stay busy with housework, writing and editing, and volunteering for one million things, that I sometimes…well…BIG CONFESSION here people, so no judging…I sometimes find myself saying “Mommy can’t play right now,” or “Just a few more minutes, and I’ll be right there.” I have to make myself wake up and realize my babies are growing up, so it’s important for me to make the time to roll on the ground with them, do messy crafts, laugh and make silly faces. Being intentional works…setting mothering goals works, and so does this awesome craft below!!! LOVED doing this probably more than the kids. Supplies:
- Construction Paper
- Glue (I’m an Elmer’s gal)
- Sea Salt (Course works best, but I went with the find ground stuff we had on hand)
- Water Color Paints
- Paint Brushes
- Small Towel if your child is prone to beautiful messes like mine
Step 1: Use the glue to draw different designs and images on your construction paper. The kids had a great time helping to create their own designs. Yes, that’s Yoda. I’m pretty proud of it. 🙂
Tip: Make SEVERAL images. I believe I made eight, four for each kiddo, thinking that would be plenty, BUT this craft goes fast, so if you want the fun to last, make more salty glue drawings.
Step 2: Shake salt over the glue, covering all of the glue image/design, and then shake off the excess salt over the trash can.
Step 3: Let the salty glue image dry. This typically takes 40mins to 1hr. If you’re in a hurry, I suppose you could always use a hairdryer? We made cookies while we waited…well…more like, we ate the cookie dough, and made only a few cookies.
Step 4: Prep your water colors, and begin to paint the salty glue design! The salt absorbs the water, almost pulling the color from the tip of the paintbrush. Pretty magical. There were a lot of oooh’s and aahh’s.
Step 5: You’re done!! The water color dries almost instantly! Hang those beauties’ on the wall to show off to family and friends!
Tips:
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Creative way to teach your preschooler to write his/her name, alphabet and numbers