Coloured salt

This activity i put together for the boys was the easiest to make and was the one they loved the most.

It took all of maybe 5 minutes to prepare and post prep clean up was next to nothing.

To make: 

 I grabbed 3 bags of iodised table salt from the supermarket.

I added 2 bags of salt to a large ziplock bag, added a few drops of yellow food colouring and mixed it around with my hand (gloves on - no need to colour your hand!).

It made this vibrant yellow 'sand'. It doesnt clump and seems to keep pretty well.

I did the same as above for the blue.

I think any colour would turn out quite well, there's something about the salt that really brings out the colours well.

I poured the salt into a large tray making a beach scene using some little animals i bought. I used a few little plants for trees and cinnamon sticks for logs but you could add anything and make it how you like it. 

They loved it.

Post clean up involved a bit of brush down and any salt that fell to the ground was easily swept into the garden so probably best as an outside activity.

This is another great sensory activity for them, feeling the salt on their hands mixing up the colours and of course using their imagination as they made the little animals move about.