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Glitter is fun to craft with but did you know that you can make your own?! You probably have the ingredients in your pantry right now so go make some.

What you’ll need:

  • Epsom salt (or plain white sugar or salt can be used)
  • Liquid food colouring
  • Zip lock bags

Method:

  1. Place 2 tablespoons of salt into a zip lock bag – do as many bags as you would like colours.
  2. Put 10-15 drops of food colouring in each bag and shake until colour has mixed evenly.
  3. Open the bag and leave somewhere warm to dry out overnight.
  4. Use your glitter to decorate your craft work. If you have used sugar, this glitter can even be used to decorate your baking!

This glitter is a lot less messy than the bought stuff that sticks to everything in the house and never comes off, I  love it.

What’s your kids favourite craft material?

PLEASE share with us in the comments below

Image credit: Pinterest

  • Oh wow this looks like so much fun. Can’t wait to try it!

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  • This has to be safer than the bought one. It it so fine and gets stuck to everything. It is months since a little girl I know was given a card with loose glitter on it. Some went on the floor and wasn’t noticed. The baby crawled through it and musdt have got it on his hands then touched his face near his eye. It was so difficult to remove as it had stuck to his skin.

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  • I had to make some recently to add a surprise to a fairy village overnight. I just used rock salt & blue food colouring which fitted perfectly with the village and looked even better when the frost hit it too!

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  • Looking forward to trying this out. Particularly with the sugar and using it to decorate my baking.

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  • Not technically glitter, but so close the kids won’t notice. And we’ll have fun making this too

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