One thing I love about crafting with my children is the chance to try new craft activities with them. They are always keen to try anything and were pretty excited about a parcel of coloured sand products we received from Baker Ross. We received 6 bottles of Fluorescent Coloured Sand, plastic animal sand art bottles and sand picture sheets.
First we made the Animal Sand Art bottles. The pack contained 6 different animals, each had a screw top, as well as a funnel. The children used the bottles of sand to create colourful layers.
You can either pour or sprinkle the sand which meant it was easy to control how much came out. The results are sweet and would make great gifts.
We also had fun with the sand picture sheets, which contained 8 assorted designs (fish, boat, flower, robot, butterfly, rainbow, spaceman and dinosaur). The top layer is pre-cut revealing a sticky surface although we didn’t know this so used a glue stick!
They found these pictures totally absorbing and really enjoyed creating pictures with sand.
I was a little nervous about the bottles of sand but I needn’t have worried. We used a large plastic tray to contain any spills but there weren’t any. My children were really careful and had loads of fun.
This looks like fun, although so much potential for mess!
I was surprised my children were so good with the bottles of sand and the end results are lovely.
Looks like a lot of fun and a great way to get creative.
Thanks for linking #LetKidsbeKids
An amazing activity! Love the idea too on doing this on a tray as it can be messy but everything is in a tray ready for reuse! #Letkidsbekids
Lovely crafts! I really like these, will definitely be on the lookout for some for our rainy day bag. #letkidsbekids
Looks like so much fun, I love the sand animal bottles! My eldest daughter would love to try these activities, I will have to look out for them x