Salt Painting Snowflakes
Glue snowflakes coated in salt that magically absorb watercolor as it touches them. Holiday science art.
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How to do it
- 1
Use white school glue to draw snowflakes on dark paper.
- 2
Sprinkle salt over the wet glue, then tap off the excess.
- 3
Once the glue is dry, dab a wet brush of paint to the salt and watch the color spread along each line.
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