Art Curriculum- Week 27- Salt Sculpture

Week 27- Salt Sculpture

Category: Abstract Expressionism

Project from Fun at Home With Kids.

What you will need:

-salt

-water

-eye droppers

-watercolors

-wide/low bowls or plates with a raised border

Time: 30 minutes (minus prep time)

Prep: Mix 3 cups of salt with 3 teaspoons of water. Mix until the salt is damp. It should be plenty of water, if the salt stays dry add a 1/4 teaspoon of water.

Pour and push the salt into your containers. Plastic works better, but glass is fine too. I used little bowls.

Let them sit 12-24 hours. Then turn the containers over and the salt should slip out. I thumped a few of mine.

When the salt is damp it's very fragile and crumbly, but once it dries it's fairly firm.

Activity: Each child got their own salt sculpture in a plate with a border (to keep the loose salt and watercolors contained). We put one eye dropper to each color and we passed the colors around. Brushes are too rough on the salt which is why eye droppers are preferred.

 

Overall: easy prep and very cool to see the vibrant colors. Use caution when moving the salt as long as it's still damp. One of them crumbled when I tried to lift it.

(logging 1 1/2 hours for prep and execution)

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