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    Home » Crafts

    Black Glue and Salt Watercolor Rainbow - Salt Painting for Preschool

    Published: Apr 8, 2013 · Modified: Nov 17, 2022 by Vicky · This post contains affiliate links.

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    With all the rainy weather this month, it is the perfect time for some fun rainbow activities. We love rainbows at our house and decided to combine them with another one of our favorite activities - salt art for preschool. If you have never tried salt painting before, it is a different way to experiment with paint and produces some beautiful textured art. We have used salt for our Dripping Salt Painting and Black Glue and Salt Leaves. We recently made a Black Glue and Salt Watercolor Rainbow. I am in love with the vibrant, textured rainbows we created, and am excited to share how your kids can create them as well.

    Salt Painting! Love the vibrancy of this Black Glue and Salt Watercolor Rainbow. One of our Favorite Rainbow Activities. Perfect for St. Patrick's Day or Spring.

    You will need:

    • Salt
    • White glue
    • Black paint
    • Watercolors
    • Pencil
    • White paper

    Salt Painting

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    To make black glue, empty your glue bottle so it's only half full. Then add some squirts of black paint. Use enough black paint to fill up an additional quarter of the glue bottle. Shake the mixture until it is totally combined.

    Draw a rainbow on a sheet of white paper and outline it with the black glue. Let this dry for a few hours until the glue has hardened to the touch.

    Now it's time to start painting. If you have younger kids who have trouble remembering the colors of the rainbow, you can paint a dot of the correct color into each section so they can follow along.

    salt painting

    My kids were careful to stay within the lines of black glue, but I think having the colors blend would look great too.

    salt painting

    Make sure your painting is fairly wet before adding salt. If parts of it have dried already, have your child go over it again with a wet brush.

    salt painting watercolor rainbow

    Next, add your salt. A shaker works great here so that kids can shake the salt on themselves.

    salt painting and watercolors

    Leave the salt on until the painting dries and then you can shake off the excess.

    salt painting

    You will be left with a vibrant rainbow painting which has a sandy texture. If you are looking for rainbow activities, this is one that will brighten up any rainy day.

    salt painting

    Some of my favorite bloggers have fun salt painting activities as well. Check out Salt Painting at Powerful Mothering and The Magic of Salt Painting at Artsy Momma.

    Do you have kids that love crafting? Annie's knows how to craft, so they have created some fun kits for your kids. Find more information at The Creative Girls Club and Young Woodworkers Kits.

    Salt painting for preschool - Black glue and salt watercolor rainbow. This is one of our favorite rainbow activities!

    If you liked this salt painting, check out:

    Fall Leaves using Black Glue

    Hearts with Black Glue

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    1. Anna

      March 06, 2014 at 2:37 am

      Such a beautiful project! Thanks so much for sharing at After School.

    2. Diana - FreeStyleMama

      April 19, 2013 at 2:01 pm

      Congratulations! This post is featured over at Diana Rambles today and has been pinned in the Featured at Diana Rambles board at Pinterest. Please grab a featured button off my sidebar or via the link under the features. Thanks for sharing this awesome idea!

    3. Jennifer Hughes

      April 15, 2013 at 6:36 pm

      Visiting from the Pin It Party. My Family-Focused Monday hop is live now and I would love to see one of your awesome posts linked up @ http://www.mondaykidcorner.blogspot.com.

      Have a wonderful week.

    4. Stephanie VanTassell

      April 15, 2013 at 1:14 pm

      I love this craft. I would love it if you would post this on my Money Saving Monday Link Up.

    5. Beth

      April 12, 2013 at 6:48 pm

      Great idea!

    6. Savannah McQueen

      April 12, 2013 at 2:06 pm

      How create and I love that it only involves simple ingredients. I hope you'll consider sharing this at Look What We Did, a month long link up hosted by HammockTracks. -Savannah @ HammockTracks

    7. Diana - FreeStyleMama

      April 11, 2013 at 1:04 pm

      My daughter LOVES water colors and we will have to try this!

    8. Ashley

      April 10, 2013 at 9:45 pm

      Thank you so much for posting this! I was just asking the craft store in town today for black glue; they looked at me really weird too. Hooray!

    9. Jodi Durr

      April 10, 2013 at 4:26 am

      What a great activity, Vicky. I love it. I don't think I've seen this technique before. The kids would so enjoy it. Thanks!

    10. Mama D

      April 09, 2013 at 12:39 am

      What a lovely craft!

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    Hi, I'm Vicky, the founder and content creator at Mess For Less. If you are looking for family-friendly recipes, recipes that kids can make, and play and learning activities for kids, you will find them at Mess For Less. I invite you to learn more about me. Thanks for stopping by!

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    • Valentine’s Dessert Cheese Ball
    • Valentine's Brownie Cake Pops
    • Valentine's Chocolate Covered Pretzels
    • Valentine Ideas for Kids - Glitter Hearts

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    • Q-Tip Painted Snowman Craft
    • Winter Shaving Cream Paint
    • Pinecone Snowman Craft
    • Melted Snowman Craft

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    • Toasted Italian Sandwich - Food Fun Friday
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