How to Make Sand Art With Salt!

Susan Myers
by Susan Myers
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I’m always on the lookout for fun colorful ways to decorate my home. And I love a good faux technique. So I was thrilled when I ran across the idea of creating sand art with salt! Here is a great way to make up so many different colors of “sand”, with a very low budget. This is a great project for the kids. Oh, and adults too!
For this project I used:


3 containers of salt


Colored Chalk


Grater


Ziplock bags


Glass Containers


votive candles
Begin by using the finer part of the grater to grate your chosen color of chalk. I used about half a piece of colored chalk for each color, but you can use more or less depending upon how deep a color you are going for. Grate the chalk over a large ziplock bag or piece of parchment paper.
Add about a cup of salt to your chalk gratings.
Pour into a ziplock bag. Seal, and mix the salt together with the chalk for an even color. Add more chalk or salt as desired to get the color you are looking for.
Repeat. As many times as you like for as many colors as you would like to work with! As you can see, I got a little carried away.
Now for the fun part! I found some great glass containers at the dollar store for this project. These were perfect for showing off the layers of color. Simply pour colors from your bags into the container in layers. Spread them out with your fingers or a pencil, then add another layer.
The colored layers look amazing!
My final touch was to add a votive candle to each one. These are perfect for colorful decorations in my house. Because they are salt, I wouldn’t recommend them for outdoors. They were certainly fun to make and would be a great project for the kids on a lazy summer day.
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  • Allison Allison on Apr 29, 2019

    Could i use this in a gel wax candle im making? Thanks😉

  • Des51771481 Des51771481 on Jul 26, 2021

    Thanks for sharing but I have a small balcony only 2 cane chairs fit on it how can I at least spruce up the walls as the glass door opens up onto it please 🤗

  • JanM JanM on Dec 01, 2022

    Could you use epsom salt or softener salt? Do you think the chalk color would stick to it and make a crystal effect?

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  • Barbara Barbara on Nov 09, 2020

    You don’t need to grate the chalk! The salt is abrasive enough that you can just rub the chalk in the salt to color it! More efficient & less messy!

  • Nandini Nandini on Mar 16, 2023

    Sounds very simple and fun to do with my grand daughter. Thanks for sharing

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