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3D Art Project for Kids

Sunday, February 26, 2012 by Lolli 1 Comment

I admit…I’m a sucker for fun and easy (and, yes, MESSY) arts and crafts for my kids (as long as they are easily cleaned up). I don’t always show off the creations that the kids come up with. Let’s just say that I’ve got some pretty creative kids at our house.

This weekend, the kids and I tried out an all new craft that was a total winner. Really, anything that involves lots of glue is usually a hit in our house, but this project was especially cool, especially since we had no idea what the end result would be. It was part art project, part science project.

3d art project with glue and salt
We found the idea for this 3D art project at Clorox Clean-Up Recipes For Fun. I found several projects that I really wanted to try (and WILL be trying when I have some more time). Clorox Clean-Up Recipes For Fun is full of ideas – from Wacky Science and Arts and Crafts to Kiddie Cooking or Creative Cooking.

3d art project with glue and salt
Not only are they full of ideas (Pinterest, anyone?!) they are also running the Ultimate Mess Party contest with a chance to win $10,000. Yes, make a mess and win money to make an even bigger mess. As my kids would say, “Score!”

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Here’s how we made our 3D works of art:

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3D Art Project for Kids
 
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Author: Clorox Recipes for Fun
Recipe type: art
Ingredients
  • Card stock
  • Rimmed baking sheet
  • White glue
  • Salt
  • Colored water (just add a few drops of food coloring)
  • Eyedropper
Instructions
  1. Set the card stock on the baking sheet and have your child use the glue to draw a design on the paper.
  2. Sprinkle the wet glue with salt until it's completely covered, then tap off any excess.
  3. Have your child use the eyedropper to drip colored water, one drop at a time, onto the salt. As the salt absorbs the liquid, the water will move along the glue lines, resulting in a wonderful web of color.
  4. Let your art dry for several hours. Be sure to watch what happens when the color reaches intersecting lines
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We’re still not sure if we did the project “correctly” but everyone enjoyed how their creations turned out. We let their glue and water dry over night and then came back eagerly, to find out what had happened.

3d art project with glue and salt

3d art project with glue and salt

3d art project with glue and salt



Tip from my kids: More glue is better. Make your designs with nice, thick glue trails. When dropping he colored water onto the glue and salt, don’t drip too much water. Little drops directly on top of the glue works best (yes, we had some mess-ups that ended in rainbow-soaked papers).

About Clorox Clean Up:

Every Recipe For Fun needs a Recipe For Clean. That’s why Clorox® Clean-Up® Cleaner with the combination of cleaner and the disinfecting power of Clorox Bleach lets you spray away messy play. So no matter how big a mess you make of it, Clorox® Clean-Up® Cleaner Cleaner with Bleach can be used throughout your house to quickly and effectively clean, disinfect, and deodorize.

About the Ultimate Mess Party:

Just by registering, you’ll receive one sweepstakes entry into the grand prize for a chance to win $10,000 toward an Ultimate Mess Party. With $10,000, you and your family could get everything you need to enjoy the wettest, sudsiest, paintiest, muddiest party of all time. From a colossal cooking party to a monumental mud volleyball party, you choose the mess and let Clorox® Clean-Up® Cleaner do the rest.

Disclosure: I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Clorox Clean-Up Recipes for Fun blogging program, for 8,000 My SocialMoms Rewards Points. For more information on this program, click here and see the Terms link.

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About Lolli

Lolli has written 3740 post in this blog.

I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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Comments

  1. Jenn says

    Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    What a cool concept! I bet my kids would love to get down and dirty with this beautiful art project!

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