Valentines Day Salt Painting Activity

Celebrate Valentine’s Day on Feburary 14th by making this beautiful cute valentines paintings. The process is simple with your salt coloring page, plus it is such a fun valentines day craft for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergaten, and first grade student.. Simply download and print the free printable salt painting templates pdf file with valentines day printables and you are ready to get crafting.

valentine day painting

Celebrate Valentine’s Day on February 14th by diving into a delightful and creative activity that your little ones will adore! Creating beautiful and cute Valentine’s Day paintings is not just a craft; it’s a wonderful way to express love and creativity. The process is incredibly simple with our salt coloring page, making it the perfect Valentine’s Day craft for toddlers, preschoolers, pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders.

Here’s how you can get started: download and print the free printable salt painting templates available in our PDF file, which includes charming Valentine’s Day printables. Once you have your templates ready, gather some basic supplies like salt, watercolor paints, and brushes. The excitement of sprinkling salt onto their artwork followed by adding vibrant colors will keep your kids engaged and happy.

Research shows that engaging in art activities not only enhances fine motor skills but also supports emotional development. Crafting together provides quality bonding time with your children, allowing for moments of joy and laughter. Plus, it encourages imagination as they interpret their own creative vision.

We have lots more valentines day activities for preschoolers and crafts for preschoolers to choose from! Plus don’t miss valentines day worksheets, metalic silver slime,free february coloring pages, and love potion science experiment.

free printable salt painting templates

We created multiple templates for this activity. We have Valentine’s Day monsters, a ‘Bee Mine’ bee, LOVE with hearts, Mi Amor (Spanish for My Love) with hearts, a patterned heart (pictured) and a LOVE Conversation Heart. You don’t HAVE to use one of these templates, if your children would like to create their own, have them start by drawing the picture they eventually want to paint.

Simply grab the free educational printable by scrolling to the bottom of this post, under the terms of use, and click on the text link that says >> _____ <<. Then open and print the free printable salt painting templates pdf file in color on cardstock or lamiante for durability. Next, cut out the cocolates at the bottom of each page and the chocolate box.

valentines day ideas for students

To make this cute valentines craft you will only need a few simple materials you probably already have at home. So gather up these supplies and you are ready to make a fun February craft for kids.

• Printable Templates
• Table Salt
• White Glue
• Watercolor Paints
• Paint Brushes
• Water 

cute valentines paintings

You don’t HAVE to use one of these templates, if your children would like to create their own, have them start by drawing the picture they eventually want to paint.

Start the activity with white glue. We used the bottle of glue as you would with a pencil, but if you don’t have a bottle, you can also use a paint brush dipped in glue.

Trace the lines that you would like to be painted.

salt coloring page

Before the glue dries, shake salt over the paper so that it attaches to the glue. I sprinkled quite a bit of salt on the paper. It goes against my ‘don’t be wasteful’ philosophy but this container of salt cost me 38 cents. If you don’t want to waste, you can sprinkle on some and then pick up the paper and swish the salt around so that it gets stuck to the glue. This is a good option if you are almost out of salt too. You can make it work.

Once the glue is covered in salt, shake off the extra. Set the paper aside to let the glue dry.

valentines day craft

When the glue has dried completely, grab a bowl of water, paint brushes and your watercolor paints.

The trick that we learned quickly is to have the paintbrush saturated with water and paint. It isn’t like typical watercolor painting, you want the brush to be full of water and color. When you set the paintbrush on top of the salt, the color will spread. It is magical.

Follow along the salt, adding color along the way. When you’re done, set it aside and let it dry again.

valentines salt painting

It is so pretty and sparkly. This is a fabulous art and science activity for Valentine’s Day!