"Sand" Art

This craft cost me about 38 cents per child. It took a little while and was a little messy but not bad. We will definitely be adding this to our list of things to do over the summer or on rainy days!

What you need:
Baby food jars with lids(or a similar seal-able jar)
Salt
Colored Chalk

Other stuff:
Plastic containers to mix in
Scrapbook paper
scissors
glue or tape
funnel


Here we go:


The first time I tried this we poured the salt onto paper towels and rubbed the chalk on it but it was hard for the little ones to keep the chalk on the towel so we switched to bowls.





Mix the chalk with the salt until the salt has reached the color you want.






Next add the salt in small layers to the jar using a funnel, or in my case a piece of paper rolled up and held together with painters tape.






Make sure to fill the jars up to the very top so that when you close them up and move them around the salt doesn't move and the colors mix together.



You can super glue the lids on to keep for a while or not so that you can reuse the jars. We glued them down and then made some cut outs with scrapbook paper to give for Father's Day.

We made a Hawaiian shirt, a tie, a dress shirt and tie and a guitar. You could do anything your dad is interested in or it would be cute to do little people with interchangeable shirt and hats. Just have fun!!!