December 11

Would you like some salt with that?

Create some snowy pictures! Play with a combination of water colors and salt to achieve a frosted look. 

Get creative and experiment there are endless possibilities, but here are some ideas to get started.

Hint: this is another great kid-made gift idea! Try making cards out of your children's artwork.

Salted water color:

Materials
Salt
Watercolors
Paintbrush
Water
Sturdy paper (such as water color)

Instructions:
1. Let the artistic creativity flow in a water color paining. Make sure to use lots of water!
2. While the paint is still wet, sprinkle some salt crystals on top. Watch the salt absorbe to create a textured winter feel.
3. Let the paining dry and brush off the salt.

This mitten project uses the same idea, but a slightly different methodology:

http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2013/01/salt-watercolor-mitten-art-in-preschool.htm

Need more challenge?

Give this one a try:

http://www.happinessishomemade.net/2012/01/21/kids-art-watercolor-winter-trees/

Glue, salt and watercolors:

- try making snow flakes!

Check out the following link for some great step by step photos:
http://www.artfulparent.com/2012/08/watercolor-and-salt-painting-revisiting-an-old-favorite.html

Materials:
Salt
White glue
Watercolors
Paintbrush
Water
Sturdy paper (such as water color)
Cookie tin



Instructions:
1.Squeeze out your design with white glue
2. Sprinkle on salt, to adhere to the glue outline (do this in the cookie tin to reduce clean up )
3. Shake of excess salt
4. Add some color by touhing a watercolor loaded painbrush to the salt dessign. Watch the color spread!
5. Let the painitng dry well


Need some more ideas?
Check out this handy ideas listing: http://www.kidsart.com/ttwatercolor.html