Salt Painting Spider Web
A glue-and-salt spider web that pulls in color as soon as a damp brush or dropper touches it. Halloween art with a science demo built in.
🧒 Ages 3-5, 6-8⏱ 25 min🐛 Insects
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How to do it
- 1
Use white school glue to draw a spider web on dark paper.
- 2
Sprinkle salt across the wet glue and tap off the excess.
- 3
Once dry, drip watered-down paint onto the salt with a dropper and watch it spread.
Tips & extensions
A paintbrush works if you don't have a dropper.