This salt painting craft for kids uses watercolor and salt to create fun raised salt pictures. It is a fun craft for all ages and it uses simple materials found around the house.

This is the perfect 4th of July firework craft or can be a beautiful snowflake craft for kids as well. You can even have kids freehand draw a picture or image that they desire and fill it in.

For this craft, you will need paper (or cardstock), table salt, liquid glue, watercolor paints with a paintbrush, and glitter (optional).

For other fun patriotic things to do for the 4th of July be sure to also check out this fun patriotic fizzy play activity for kids.

Salt Painting Tips for Success

*Be sure to touch the salt with the paintbrush lightly when coloring the images. If you rub your paintbrush like a typical painting it will remove the salt and make a mess with the glue.

*Once completely dry, some of the salt will dump off you once you pick up your picture for the first time. This can get messy so be sure to do this over a sink or a garbage can.

*This is a great craft for any holiday as you can do different shapes with the glue. Some suggested shapes for salt painting would be a salt painted pumpkin, salt painting fireworks, salt painting snowflakes, salt painted flowers, salt painted christmas ornaments, and more.