Pumpkin Salt Painting Craft for Kids (with FREE Printable!)

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This super fun pumpkin salt painting craft for kids is perfect for a fall afternoon. It comes with FREE printable pumpkin pages too!

Nothing says fall better than pumpkins. We love pumpkin picking, carving pumpking, pumpkin chuckin, and going to a pumpkin patch festival. So, naturally we all love creating a fun pumpkin craft for kids. Over the years we have made so many kinds of pumpkin crafts and this year we tried a series of salt painting crafts for fall.. including this adorable pumpkin craft!

Check out the tutorial below and download your FREE template to get started!

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What you will need:

Watercolor paint palette
Water
Paintbrush
White glue
Salt
Simple coloring page printed on white thick cardstock (recommended)
The coloring page template

How to make the pumpkin salt painting craft for kids

Trace around the image on the coloring page with glue. Try to be steady with your hand and remember, with glue.. less is more.

Sprinkle glue with salt as you would with glitter. Tape the paper to settle the salt into any grooves. Gently lift the paper and shake to remove the excess salt. Make sure the glue is fully covered with salt.

Dip your paintbrush in water and blend with watercolor to soften. Saturate the paintbrush with watercolor. Then, gently touch the paintbrush to the salt. The color will spread. Be sure to go slow and steady because a little watercolor paint will definitely go a long way. If you use too much paint, it will pool and seep into the cardstock.