Learn How to Make Your Own Colorful Sand using salt for sensory play!
This recipe is great for sensory play for kids.
Add this colorful sand to sensory bins or bottles, add some scoops and cups or containers and enjoy play time!
We’ve been playing around with food coloring a lot lately!
For years, I didn’t even touch the stuff, but now I find that I can’t live without it. Why?
Because food coloring is amazing. It’s fun.
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You can do so much with food coloring including fizzy fun, making sidewalk chalk paint, shaving cream rain, color changing milk, rainbow rice, and now our own colorful sand!
With three young kids in the house, I’m always on the lookout for fun and exciting projects to do with the kids.
Creating our own colorful sand was something that I’d do again.
It’s so easy to do and inexpensive as well. All you need is salt, food coloring, and plastic baggies!
How to Make Your Own Colorful Sand
Supplies:
Directions:
Pour 1/2 cup to 1 cup salt into a plastic baggie.
Drop 10-12+ drops of food coloring into the bag.
Squish the salt around in the bag until the food coloring evenly covers the salt. *Add more food coloring for a brighter color.
Let the colored salt sit in the plastic baggie overnight to make sure it’s dry.
Using a flat pan or plate, allow your child to play with the sand!
Give them a cup or spoon or other toys they can use to make their playtime even more fun.
You can even pour the colored salt into little containers and make pretty colored layers with it.
A few important notes:
*I did receive a question from a reader asking if salt would make hands dry. I didn’t experience this with my own children, but if you think the salt is in fact causing your child’s hands to get dry, I would recommend discontinuing the use. You can also use the salt for just scooping and pouring and avoid using hands in the salt.
**As with any activity involving small children, monitor your child during this activity to make sure they aren’t putting the colored salt in their mouth.
My girls enjoyed playing with their sand! When we were finished playing, we poured the sand back into the bags to save for another day! Try mixing the colors for more fun!
Kinetic sand is also a great idea if you are looking for alternative ways to play with sand!
Let me know if you tried this activity! Leave a comment below.
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This Shaving Cream Rain Science Experiment is quick to set up and fun for kids to see! Try a variety of colors to mix it up!
Learn How to Make Your Own Sidewalk Chalk Paint. Kids love drawing on the sidewalks. See what fun creations they come up with when they make their own chalk paint.
This fizzing activity is super cool! The Baking Soda and Vinegar Science Experiment only requires two ingredients (plus food coloring if desired) and is neat to watch the baking soda react with the vinegar.
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