Salt Snow Craft for Kids

Today was our first snowfall of the season! So, of course we needed to make a fun day out of it. The kids still did their schoolwork. But in addition, we had fun putting together a winter craft, making play snow, and more!

After the kids finished their schoolwork, we watched a snow episode from The Magic School Bus. Then we put together this easy and fun salt snow craft.

Although my kiddos are getting older on me (Kids do that apparently) They still love anything crafty. I tried to find white paint so we could make hand snowmen, but I couldn’t. Likely because my kids love to paint, so they have used up so much of our supply. That’s okay! We will get more at a later date and then make our snowmen. But today, we stuck with this salt snow craft.

If you are ready to make this craft, the materials you need to gather you most likely have around your house. (Read: Paper Plate Moon Craft for Kids.)

The Materials You Need to Put Together This Salt Snow Craft for Kids

Get ready for some winter fun and grab these items:

Construction or stock paper (we did blue and purple but of course you can do whatever color you want!)
White school glue (we also used clear glue because that’s what we had on hand.)
Salt
Watercolors and paint brushes(optional)

How to Make the Salt Snow Craft

Now it’s time for the fun part! The first thing you will need to do is prep your materials. Grab a cup of water if you are using the watercolors and paint brushes. It also helps to put the salt in a medium sized bowl for little hands to grab.

I cut my construction paper in half. But you can keep yours full size if you want to.

Let your child “draw” their snowflake with the white Elmer’s glue. If your child is a toddler, you may want to help them with this step. If anything, just supervise so they don’t eat the glue! Miss L who is three, was able to do this step all on her own. It came out looking more like a cross than a snowflake, but she had fun and loved it.

Next, take pinches of the salt and spread it over the glue. You can also move the paper around slowly to “encourage” the salt to stick to the glue.

After you are done putting the salt on the glue, you can add some watercolors to brighten up your snowflake! Or leave it white. Whatever your child wants to do.

If you do decide to use watercolors, be soak the brush with plenty of water, dip it into the colors, and then lightly press on the salt. The watercolors will spread very easily. You only need to dab where you want the colors!

How to Throw it All Together for the Perfect Winter Lesson

Want to make a quick snow lesson for little ones? While my kids are older, expect Miss L, they still love to watch videos about everything! You can throw on the episode of Frosty the Snowman for little ones to get in the winter spirit. The videos below are also our favorite education videos about snow!

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