Colored Salt Butterflycolore

by Nadia on September 5, 2009

in Activities,Crafts,Toddler Activities


The col­ored salt but­ter­fly activ­ity is a great activ­ity that is not only sensory(since the tex­ture of the salt is rough on fin­gers) it is also great for fine motor skills.

Mate­ri­als Needed: Col­ored Salt, But­ter­fly Col­or­ing Page, Qtips), Glue.

I printed a But­ter­fly col­or­ing page that I found online on cardstock(Any thick paper would work).
Since Deen is still young and cant color in the lines yet I col­ored in the mid­dle of the butterfly.

Spread glue on the wing wher you want that par­tic­u­lar color.

Sprin­kle salt(Great for work­ing on their pin­cer grasp). Don’t for­get to shake off the excess salt before you start a new color.


Spread glue with qtip on to the next wing and sprin­kle salt until you have cov­ered all of the but­ter­flies wings.


Since I only had 3 col­ors of salt we used blue twice.

I plan to cut the but­ter­fly out and put it on Deens Bed­room door (although he doesnt sleep in his own room yet).

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1 Susana September 6, 2009 at 3:29 am

Yep, we loved your colored salt recipe a while back!

His butterfly is awesome–LOVE it!

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3 Raising a Happy Child September 7, 2009 at 3:06 pm

Awesome! It turned out so very pretty. You have wonderful crafts for young children.

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4 Nicole {tired, need sleep} September 9, 2009 at 1:57 pm

This is really beautiful! M loves doing similar things with colored sand, I'm betting he would love the salt too. Have you used sand for this type of activity too? I'm wondering if there is much of a difference. I'm guessing the salt probably "sparkles" a little bit more – ? Great post!!

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