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Summertime is here! Over the Memorial Day weekend, Peanut and I stayed at a cabin on a lake near our home (an almost free vacation!). It was too cold to swim, but she had fun dipping her feet in the water and shoveling dirt. Summer is a fun time, and Peanut loves to be outside, so I was trying to think of special things we could do together. If you can’t make it to the beach, you can bring the beach to you with this fun craft. (I found it at about.com, where they have a bunch more fun things you can do with your toddler).
Sand Picture
Material
Clean sand. (beach sand, toy sand box sand or even construction sand will do. )Note: sift out any unwanted particles, like rocks or pebbles.
Small plastic bags
Food Colouring
Picture frame with glass (Old ones work great.)
Drawing or Colouring book picture (not too detailed)
Permanent Marker
Elmer’s white glue
Instructions
Coloured sand
Divide the sand into small plastic bags, according to how many colors you want in the picture.
Add food coloring to the sand in a bag, one drop at a time until the color is what you want.
Pour the sand out into a small butter bowls to dry .
Picture
Remove the glass from the picture frame and clean.
Pick out a favorite picture or drawing.
Lay the piece of frame glass on the top of the picture.
Use a black permanent marker to trace the picture onto the glass.
Have the kids place clear drying glue on the glass where they want the same color. (One colour at a time) For instance, blue - Fill in all the areas of the picture on glass that they want to be blue with glue.
Sprinkle the coloured sand onto the wet glue.
Tap the glass to settle the sand and to loosen any that is not glued down.
Pour off excess sand back into bowl.
Repeat for next color next color until the picture is all filled in.
Allow the glue to dry overnight. Place the picture back into the frame with black marker showing forward. BEAUTIFUL !
This looked fun - I didn’t know you could color sand. I loved this because it is a pretty cheap activity. I’m going to try it with Peanut and I’ll post the results so you can see if it’s something you’d be interested in. Even just playing in the sand is nice, if you have a playground nearby. You can also make your own sandbox at home. My mom is doing this for Peanut. She’s using an old wading pool (perfect if you have one with a leak or something) and filling it with sand. Peanut loves to dig, pile, move, and get dirty. I love little kids because they don’t need beaches or vacations to have fun.
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