Colored Sand Art

After Christmas I picked up a couple of Sand Art kits for about $1 a piece which is a lot cheaper they buying the colored sand packets individually. 

They came with four different colors of sand, funnel, and containers shaped like a Christmas Tree and a Snowman.  I put everything in a tub, cut open the sand pouches, and let my daughter do her thing.

Filling the Snowman

Filling the Tree

 

"Mommy, can I take it out?"  "Of course!"

 

Making swirls

 

Burying hands

My daughter previously had an indoor sand box for activities.  It was full of regular brown sand but she loved this sand so much because of all the colors that now this is the sand box we use for all our activities.

Sand Wall Art

Sand Wall Art

Supplies- Paper (I used 4x6 photo paper because we have a ton), Elmer's Glue, Sand, Tub and Shaker (optional)

Help your child use the Elmer's Glue to create a design or write their name on the paper.  Place the paper in the tub and let you child pour or shake sand onto the glue.  Gently pick up the paper and shake the excess sand back into the tub.  If a lot of glue is still showing try pouring sand on it a second time. 

 

Allow the art work to dry before hanging it up for display.

Buried Treasure

This is one of my daughters favorite activities.  She likes to pretend she is a

pirate uncovering buried treasure.

Supplies:  Tub of sand, rocks, jewels, paint brushes, and scoops

Most of the time we do this activity on the light table.

 

She uses the scoops and her hands to bury the rocks and jewels.  Then she uses the

paint brushes to uncover the treasure.

 

 

 

Next time I think I am going to make this activity into an archeology dig by burying some small plastic dinosaurs and letting her find them.  Maybe I will search for some fossil toys online today.