Emily thought this icicle craft was so neat, and it was super-easy to do. All you need is some paper, glue, and some salt!
Invite your child to apply a thick line of glue to the top edge of the paper — go back and forth a bunch of times. Emily’s a big fan of glue, so she really enjoyed this!
Stand the paper upright and watch your icicles form right before your very eyes!
Be shocked and amazed!! Oooooo…. ahhhhh……
When the icicles have formed (we tried to stop just before the first icicle ran off of the paper), place the paper flat again, and……
….sprinkle your icicles with salt!!
Easy, frugal, and fun!!
If you cut the paper a little thinner, and do this as a classroom project, they would make a neat top border for a Winter bulletin board. Each icicle pattern is unique!
Have fun!!
February 2nd, 2011 on 4:38 pm
Dear Valerie,
We have how many REAL icicles on our house today and you make FAKE ones?
Love,
Mark
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:32 pm
If I make FAKE flowers, will REAL ones appear?? That would be awesome!
February 2nd, 2011 on 4:39 pm
Great idea and i will definatly be trying this with my gang!! Thanks for the idea!! xx
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:32 pm
Yay!! Have fun, Pip!! xoxo
February 2nd, 2011 on 5:39 pm
That is a great activity! Does it dry so that you can see the icicles? So cool.
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:33 pm
Yes!! It looks really neat when it’s dry. We used plenty of salt. Have fun!!
February 2nd, 2011 on 5:39 pm
Very cool! We have way too many real icicles on our roof right now!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:35 pm
Us too! Have fun!!
February 2nd, 2011 on 5:44 pm
That is so cute. And you could add glitter to make it shimmer like ice. Ps. my daughter thinks your girl is very cute!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:36 pm
Awww… that’s so sweet, Lin, thank you!
February 2nd, 2011 on 5:50 pm
Hmmm, you tried to turn the paper before the glue ran off the page. I’m guessing that might not have happened. Wouldn’t necessarily at my house either. But you’ve just given me an idea to do with the kids while they have a snow day again tomorrow.
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:37 pm
She put it back down before it ran off the page, but we used Elmer’s glue and it runs pretty slowly. Emily thought it was so neat — have fun!!
February 2nd, 2011 on 6:28 pm
This looks like fun. My little ones would love this (they love, love glue).
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:37 pm
Oooo… if they love glue, this is the craft for them! Enjoy!! xoxo
February 2nd, 2011 on 6:39 pm
Very wintry, and fun – just what we need!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:38 pm
Thanks, have fun!!!
February 2nd, 2011 on 7:25 pm
so cute!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:38 pm
Thank you, Missie!
February 2nd, 2011 on 9:14 pm
We just sprinkled salt today on our painted snowman!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:39 pm
You know what they say about great minds, Annette!
How fun!!
February 2nd, 2011 on 10:18 pm
my preschool will love this i have to remember this for next winter . thanks for sharing and i bet she enjoyed it !
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:39 pm
It was great fun! Enjoy!!
February 2nd, 2011 on 11:27 pm
I think this is great! We live is southwest louisiana and although school is cancelled tomorrow for cold weather- that happens once like every 3 years- this is probably the closest my kids will get to an icicle all year!
Just wanted to say I love the blog. Thanks for sharing your family crafts with us.
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:40 pm
So sweet, Rachael, thank you! I’m SO happy to hear you’ve been enjoying our little bloggy blog.
Your comment really made my day! Have fun!!
February 2nd, 2011 on 11:28 pm
The salt really makes that project.
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:40 pm
Thanks, Ticia! Easy clean-up too!
February 3rd, 2011 on 12:35 am
Let me just compliment you on teaching your daughter a wonderful skill…using Elmer’s Glue. You wouldn’t believe what my 5th graders (as a teacher before getting laid off) couldn’t do. I asked them to make a line of glue and glue down a piece of string on paper and they would end up with a huge puddle and look at me all confused.
I guess that’s what happens when they take art of out schools. Don’t even get me started on folding and cutting. Yikes!!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:43 pm
Oh my goodness, I know what you mean! Emily’s school doesn’t even use liquid glue, it’s just glue stick for everything, and they would miss out on projects like these. Lots of cutting, pasting, and folding going on at this house!
February 3rd, 2011 on 12:47 am
Little M has no idea what an icicle is, but she loves glue. I was watching her explore it the other day and was trying to find an activity that would allow her to run the glue around the paper. I guess its time for a lesson on icicles!!!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:43 pm
Have fun! Sounds like she will really enjoy this!!
February 3rd, 2011 on 7:10 am
Oh, this is just too cute!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:44 pm
Thanks so much, Christy!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:49 am
What a great idea…and salt is so much easier (and water soluble) than glitter!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:45 pm
Exactly! I agree with Demitri Martin when he called glitter the “herpes of all craft supplies”. The stuff gets everywhere!!! Salt is much easier for clean-up.
Have fun!!
February 3rd, 2011 on 12:45 pm
Oh how cute, I will do that with my daughter today! We might use epsom salts because they are bigger and might show up better. We did another craft with epsom salts a while ago where we coated pine cones with glue and rolled them in epsom salts. We also did a candle holder and a foam ball in the same way. They all came out really pretty!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:46 pm
Great idea to use epsom salts! Have fun!!!
Love the pine cone idea… so neat!
February 3rd, 2011 on 1:51 pm
That is super easy!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:47 pm
Yes! And super-cheap too.
February 3rd, 2011 on 4:22 pm
Really fun, Thanks!
February 3rd, 2011 on 9:47 pm
You’re welcome, Virginie! Enjoy!!
February 7th, 2011 on 9:31 am
We had lots of fun with this Saturday. We used large sea salt crystals, and it came out really neat.
February 22nd, 2011 on 7:15 pm
I love this simple fun idea! My 4 year old would love this and she loves icicles and eating them (sigh) too!!!!
You are an inspiration with inspirational ideas!
January 6th, 2012 on 6:51 pm
Thanks for this wonderful idea! I did it today with my 2/3 yr.olds in preschool(we used white glitter.) They loved it! I’m always looking for something different… Thanks for sharing!
January 8th, 2012 on 5:13 pm
I made this with my 86 year old grandmom and she loved it. Maybe, you have a new audience. Thank you for the ideas! Keep them coming.