Salt Art Cross Craft

Try this Salt Art Cross Craft for a neat science-y activity… kiddos will love using the medicine droppers to color their crosses!

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When I heard of salt painting, I knew we had to try it! My daughter loves playing in water with a medicine dropper, so I figured she’d love this craft – I was right.

Supplies:

Heavy cardstock paper
School glue
Table salt
Food coloring (If you use food coloring very often, I’d highly suggest buying the larger food coloring! They last practically forever.)
Small bowls/cups of water
Medicine droppers

Instructions:

Have kids write a message at the top and bottom of their paper around where their cross will be (I did this step last, but it would’ve been easier if it was done first).

Use school glue to make a cross shape on your paper. You can make a design inside the cross if you want! For younger kiddos, I’d draw a cross with a marker so they can put glue over your marker outline.

Pour salt over the entire cross. Don’t worry about using too much salt – after you let it sit for a minute, dump off the excess salt into a bowl for the next crew.

In small bowls, put mostly water with a few drops of liquid food coloring. Mix the food coloring. Put a few medicine droppers in each color of food coloring. (I also tried using food coloring without diluting it, but it works MUCH better when mixed with water.)

Let kids squirt color onto the salt. Watch how the salt absorbs and spreads the color! Try not to use too much water on your paper – my 3 year old’s cross kind of fell apart because she totally drenched it. 🙂

Make sure the crosses dry before you send them home or hang them. I’d suggest 24 hours drying time.

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