How is moon sand made

For our space theme moon sand below I chose to use a package of black-colored sand instead of regular white play sand. If you are like me and have a reluctant mess maker, do the mixing yourself! I have learned it is best to prepare the dough or sand beforehand and then let my son experiment with playing in it at his own pace. I even resist washing my hands during play now less pictures were taken to encourage him and model for him that it is okay to get your hands dirty.

I had this ready for when he got home for school as an invitation to play and get messy. You may want to play with the ratios a bit and also using regular sandbox sand is just fine! Moon sand is so much fun to make at home. We also made another fun version with sand and oil here. STEP 2. Add some cups, spoons etc to use for play or set up a fun space theme sensory bin like we did below. I also added some silver glitter to our container of homemade moon sand. He, of course, rushed downstairs to get more spacemen.

He really loved the space theme and pretended the meteors were coming in to land and the stars were falling. He started out using the spoon I provided to help his play. It will make those spots a tad darker than the rest. My kids thought it gave the moon sand a fun sparkle look. Once you have given everything a good stir, jump in with your hands and break it all up.

Feel out any oil beads and smush them up into the flour. This will help blend the color more and prevent these pockets from bursting on your kids hands which would cause food dye stains to appear on their hands.

Once all the colors were mixed I lined them up in our sensory bin and gave the kids the kitchen tools we had used to make the moon sand along with some additional sensory play toys.

The kids had a blast scooping, molding, dumping, and making a lovely mess. Eventually my son dragged the entire sensory bin into the backyard to make mud pies with! This moon sand recipe kept my kids entertained all afternoon and was beyond cheap on the pocketbook! To store this DIY edible moon sande, simply throw it into an air tight container and it will last a couple of weeks! Not making this taste safe moon sand recipe right this instant? For questions contact me using this form.

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Start Here! Pinterest Facebook Twitter. I know that many people cringe at the idea of moldable sand as a play toy at least a couple of moms that we gifted Moon Sand to at kids birthday parties have LOL!

The problem with Moon Sand is that there is never enough of it to go around! Mix it up really well until all of the oil is incorporated into the flour.