Salty water

By Spotlight

Lead little hands through a practical project with this simple, useful idea. Also useful for teachers and childcare professionals.

Final Result

Materials

• watercolour paper
• paints - blue, aqua
• paint brush & palette
• water
• rock salt
• fish stickers

Step 1

Paint the watercolor paper with water using a clean brush. Mix some water with the paint and brush over the damp paper. Sprinkle the painted paper with rock salt and leave to dry. If the painted paper has dried out, spray with water before adding the rock salt. When completely dry brush off the salt. Decorate with fish stickers or paint fish onto the background.