Why do you need to make colored salt? Colored Salt can be fun to use in kid art projects and kid activities. Adding fun colors to any activity seems to just make it more exciting for kids. It gives it that visual sensory element that the plain white salt might be lacking. That is not to say that white salt cannot be fun all on its own. We have an upcoming project that required salt so I decided to color it. With Spring and St. Patrick's Day coming up, I went for a rainbow theme with our salt. Today I share how to make rainbow salt.
What I used:
Salt
small bowls
liquid and gel food coloring
plastic bags
I made color sugar for the kids during Christmas for an activity we did called Sugar Plum Factory. I used the same technique for the salt.
Pour salt into separate bowls for each color you want. Then, one at a time, add in the food coloring. I wish I would have had plastic gloves but all I had was plastic bags. I used the plastic bag like a glove on my finger and mixed the salt with my finger. You can mix the food coloring in many different ways. Since I had made colored sugar this way before I just went with it.
I left it to dry over night in the bowls. The next day I spread it out for our upcoming project. Be sure to check back for that!
What would you do with colored salt?
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This would look lovely on the light table! We've tried coloring salt with chalk, but it ends up getting all over the child's hands (which my child didn't mind, but still! lol!). We'll have to try this method instead :)
ReplyDeletelight table sounds fun Emma!
DeleteThose colors came out beautiful;! Looks like an easy sensory material to make :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Clarissa! Easy is key at my house:)
ReplyDeleteLooks great! Do you have a preference between colored sugar or colored salt? Wondering whether one holds up to play more than the other..
ReplyDeleteI love coloring salt and sugar. I also purchased some white sand from crayola and colored that too. It does come in colors already but didn't need that much for the center we were doing. I also put the salt and sugar in shaker jars I bought from the dollar tree and the kids loved it. We made rainbows. I also bought some sticky boards and the kids made a salt pictures. Thank you for sharing all your wondeful activities with us. Keep up the great work you are one cool momma!
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