Adorably Shabby: Salt painting

So, today has been a very busy day!

We woke up early and went to McDonald's for pancakes and headed over to Dinosaur World.

After the dinosaur walk, dig and playing on the playground, we headed home for naps.

Unfortunately that did not include me.

After naps, we headed to the post office, to Dairy Queen for shakes and smoothies, to the bank, and then to Fred's.... Not fun... Thy didn't have formula so I had to drag the kids back out at the dollar store just to get formula.

I can't explain how challenging it is to take three kids under the age of five into a store. First getting out of car seats. Then getting them back in again... Not to mention the 95 degree weather!

So, Cooper can't sit up good enough yet to sit in the cart, so I carry him. Reid sits in the front of the cart, and Jackson gets distracted by toys and such, so I put him in the basket of the cart. Needless to say, holding an 18 pound baby and pushing a cart with two kids is difficult. :)

Okay enough complaining! ;) After supper we decided to just forget about the laundry piles and dishes in the sink and we searched trusty ole Pinterest for something fun to do. That's when I came across salt painting.

Here is the link to the pin I found: http://pinterest.com/pin/235594624230038057/

It was so simple and I had everything we needed to do it! Here are some snapshots of the boys during our "craft time"!

Supplies needed:

White glue

Salt

Construction paper

Food coloring

Water

Paint brush

Cookie sheet (optional)

First have the kids dray a picture with the glue on a piece of construction paper.

Then put the paper on a cookie sheet and sprinkle salt on the picture, covering the glue. Now shake off the excess salt. The cookie sheet makes cleanup easy!