Crystalline Snowflakes

Aesthetic and Creative Domain: Art

Topic: Crystalline Snowflakes – painting on salt

Resources: pictures of the snowflakes’ patterns observed by children on the smart board, snowflakes patterns made of carton, salt, painting colors, liquid glue.

The description of the activity:

1.     Print the snowflake pattern on carton;

2.     Apply glue on the snowflake’s outline then turn the carton upside down and put it on a surface with salt. Press gently but everywhere is glue;

3.     Take it apart and let the glue and salt dry.

4.     Take a paintbrush, put it in water, color and touch the salt on the carton with it. What do you think will happen? Discover yourself!

5.     This is what we call absorption.

Enjoy Art and Science!