How to make coloured salt

Making coloured salt is super easy, affordable and taste safe (it’s not recommended, but it’s safe…). Coloured salt is a great sensory exploration experience and we love using our in sensory play or in our writing trays.  

You need

• Salt (cooking salt or table salt)
• Food colouring 

Then!  

1. Place the salt in a zip lock bag and a few drops of food colouring 
2. Shake and squish the bag to coat the salt
3. Pour onto a baking tray covered in baking paper to dry 

Super easy and simple to make coloured salt. So, there’s no excuses not to give this a go when you are looking for a new sensory option. 

Some resources that go perfectly with the coloured salt are: 

• Tracing Letters and Numbers 

• Pre-Writing Tracing Cards