{"id":19243,"date":"2023-05-04T14:09:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T14:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/?p=19243"},"modified":"2026-07-08T15:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T15:27:39","slug":"salt-painting-jellyfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/salt-painting-jellyfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt Painting Jellyfish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Salt painting is a fantastic way to combine science and art together. Children learn how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/watercolour-paint-tin-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watercolours<\/a> or food colouring are absorbed into the salt using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/acrylic-oil-synthetic-paint-brush-set\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paintbrushes <\/a> to make a colourful visual image. This activity is great for the imagination. Try this fun painting technique to create this jellyfish picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salt painting is a fantastic way to combine science and art together. Children learn how watercolours or food colouring are absorbed into the salt using paintbrushes to make a colourful visual image. This activity is great for the imagination. Try this fun painting technique to create this jellyfish picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,257,722,777,229],"tags":[612,700],"class_list":["post-19243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-painting","category-salt-painting","category-sealife-themes","category-themes","tag-ocean","tag-painting"],"acf":{"age":["3-5","6-9","10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["15 mins"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects","Art Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K1319","time":"15 Minutes (plus drying time)","skill_level":"Easy. Adult supervision needed","how_to_make":"<ol>\r\n \t<li>Firstly, print the template onto blue card or draw your own design.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Then trace the lines with clear PVA glue.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Sprinkle fine salt over the glue and gently shake off the excess.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Once the glue is completely dry, mix your watercolours so that they are watery.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Dip in a paintbrush and gently touch it to the salt that you wish to colour, the salt will soak the paint up.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Allow to dry fully before moving and displaying your artwork.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","shopping_list":"<ul>\r\n \t<li>Fine Salt<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Paintbrushes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Tray<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"Make your watercolours watery so that the colour from the paint spreads easily.","image_01":53580,"step_instruction_01":"","image_02":53581,"step_instruction_02":"","image_03":53582,"step_instruction_03":"","image_04":"","step_instruction_04":"","image_05":"","step_instruction_05":"","image_06":"","step_instruction_06":"","template":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/media\/patticrafts\/K1319%20Salt%20Painting%20Jellyfish.pdf","related_projects":"19202,19211,19223,19230,21396","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9bCeFnWIeUE","products":"FC844,E181","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":14208,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19243"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87038,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19243\/revisions\/87038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}