Salt activities for kids

Make your own raised salt painting with a few simple supplies. Learn how to make salt painting with this fun STEAM project for kids.

Here is a fun and easy activity for the little ones! With some school glue, table salt and water colors, your kids can have so much fun making these salt paintings! My tutorial for this Kids Salt Painting activity is really easy to follow. Plus, it comes with a free printable, so you can get...

Hi! I'm super excited to be here to show you this Easy & Fun Salt Painting Craft! My kids are loving this technique and the pineapple is oh so cute!

Today we have 2 easy art activities using colored salt. I love using salt for crafts and activities because it is inexpensive, taste safe, and causes some really cool things to happen. For example, our Colored Salt Painting took on several appearances while we were making it, until it finally dried into a colorful textured work of art. What happens is the water causes the salt to dissolve and spread across the paper. As the water evaporates, the salt crystallizes again on the paper.

Your kids will LOVE making these salt crystal snowflakes! As an added bonus, they will learn important observation and science skills in this simple STEM activity.

Do this simple salt water experiment to teach kids about the respective density of salt water and fresh water. It's a fantastic kitchen science experiment that works for an ocean unit or a density science lesson. The perfect STEM activity for kids to use a controlled variable and works great as a science fair project!

My kids LOVE to fish and they both have actually gotten quite good at it! Every day they ask dad to take them fishing and it is the highlight of their day (Mom on the other hand does not like to touch the fish). So this was a great fishing activity that “Mom” could do with […]

This salt and ice experiment encourages kids to do some critical thinking. A fun penguin themed STEM activity for kids using salt and water to melt ice. Playing with ice is such a fun way to engage in science fun with kids. Ice forms when a water freezes

Here's how to make and use DIY salt puffy paint with kids. This is a favorite process art material and it's fun for children of all ages!

We love Arts and Crafts for Kids and Salt Painting does not disappoint. Salt Art is so pretty and kids will love glue painting. It's inexpensive and so fun!