Sand art jars have been popular for a long time. Layers of various colored sand fill up the jar to create a beautiful piece of art. 

Have you ever wanted to make your own jar of sand art? Colored sand is expensive and sometimes hard to find but did you know you can use a budget-friendly alternative - SALT - to make your own colorful jar of sand art? 

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This craft activity is fun for all ages! You can enjoy this activity outside during summer break, inside for a staycation activity, with friends for a birthday party craft, or even during a family fun night.

How To Make Colorful Layered Salt Jar Art

Follow these simple steps in order to make your own beautiful jar of colored salt art. Here are the supplies you will need to make this craft:

Supplies

• Small clean empty glass or plastic jar with a lid

• 2-3 26oz containers of table salt 

• Liquid watercolor paint or food coloring

• Resealable plastic sandwich bags

• Funnel

Easy Step-By-Step Salt Art Tutorial

Step 1 - Pour ½ cup of salt into a resealable plastic bag. Add 3 - 4 drops of food coloring or watercolor paint to the bag then seal it. Gently squish the bag to mix the food coloring into the salt. Then shake the bag until the color is fully distributed into the salt.

Make sure you don't add too many drops of liquid food coloring - you don't want the salt to get wet. If the salt appears too wet add a few teaspoons of additional salt to the Ziploc bag, and shake it gently so that the new salt can absorb some of the extra liquid.

Tip: we experimented with both food coloring and liquid watercolor paint. The food coloring tended to create wetter salt than the watercolor however the overall color was more vibrant. Both watercolors and food coloring work for this project so use what you have on hand!

Repeat this process for each color you need for your salt art jar. Feel free to mix a few colors together to make new colors and shades.

Step 2 - Insert the funnel into the glass jar then pour a small amount of colored salt into the funnel to make the first layer in the jar. You can tip the jar slightly to create angled layers of colored salt.

Continue layering the colored salt into the jar until the jar is completely full. Put the lid on the jar and secure it tightly.

Make sure not to shake the jar with colored salt otherwise the layers will disappear.

Use a variety of different-shaped glass jars to create a collection of colorful art jars. These beautiful salt art jars look great displayed on a bookshelf or even on your bathroom counter as a cool decoration

Fill up a clear empty plastic ornament to make a custom Christmas gift this year too! The ideas are endless!

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