Salt  art

Today we took colored salt and white school glue

and made some interesting art. I started out with bowls of salt,added

 food coloring and mixed the two together using a spoon. After letting the salt dry 

overnight, I poured it into salt shakers. You can  also use jars with holes punched in 

the lid. I have used dollar store salt shakers, baby food jars and  mini jelly jars.

 Today I used my mini salt shakers. The kids took their black paper and laid it in

a shallow box for easy clean-up. I made glue designs for my

3 year old and the older kids made their own glue designs. They had lots

 of fun shaking the salt, and  mixing the colors on their glue. Jovani 

informed the group it was great arm exercising shaking the salt.

 I just love the conversation at the art table!

Supplies needed

salt (and shakers)

food coloring

bowls/spoons

school glue

construction paper

Foil art

We had a great time making foil art Bible verse pictures.
The kids loved using "grownup markers"(sharpies) to color their shapes.
I loved that each picture looked different. First I took pieces of
sturdy cardboard and cut them in half. I then  randomly cut slits along
 the edges of the cardboard and wrapped yarn around the cardboard making sure
 the yarn was in the slits. I then taped the yarn down on the back and
covered the board with foil and taped it down.I showed the kids how to rub
 the foil so they could see yarn lines. Then they went to work coloring in
the shapes. We finished off  by  adding our Bible verse.
 Each masterpiece came out beautiful!
Supplies needed
sturdy card board
foil
yarn
sharpie markers
tape