Paper Plate Salt Art
Mark 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
- Elmer’s glue
- Food coloring
- Paint brushes
- Pencil
- Salt
- Unwaxed paper plates
- Zip lock baggies
Pour half a
cup of salt into four different baggies.
Put a few drops of one color of food coloring in the first bag. Seal the baggie and gently shake to mix the
coloring throughout the salt. Repeat the
process with a different color in the other three bags.
Give each
child a paper plate and a pencil. Have
them draw a picture that has large open spaces.
Thin the
glue with a little water. Have the child
paint all the spaces that will be the same color with glue. Let the glue dry for a minute. Sprinkle on the first color of salt. After a couple of minutes shake off the
excess into a trash container. Now, you
are ready to do the next color. Repeat
the process until the picture is done.
For those
students who need a little help with the drawing, you could have some shapes
available for them to trace.