So, this past week my daughter and I had a little one-on-one time. This time has been all too rare, as of late, and we made the best of it. We got red food colouring (“PINK”) and we made some “moon sand” and got dirty.

Have you seen “Moon sand”?  It’s sand that just feels a little softer than regular sand and it clings together a little better so you can build really cool shapes that will hold up a little better.  The packages of moon sand don’t give you much of a bang for your buck.  They are about 4$ for less then 2 cups of sand.  the stuff feels so neat and is so much fun to play with!   But, when I found the recipe to do it yourself, I thought I would share it with you.  Though, we are not experts at this, we will definitely try again to see if we can perfect it.  As most of this moon sand ended up all over the front walkway and then in our garden bed, I know that we will have lots of chances to make it better.

This was a great project because it was really really inexpensive (only about 7$ and I can make moon sand until my arms wear out from stirring with the huge bag of sand I got).

I went to the hardware store and bought some play sand (because it’s cleaner), then got a box of corn starch and some food colouring.

We mixed the food colouring into 1.5 cups of water to attempt to colour our sand.  There was a lot of colouring added, with only little final result, much to my daughter’s chagrin.

Then we mixed in 3 cups of corn starch.  It made some great “goop” to enjoy along the way.

Then, when that was all smooth, we added 6 cups of play sand – one cup at a time, stirring it all in, each time.

It was tough work to get it all in and all the clumps broken down.  But, when that was done… we enjoyed it.

We even found a whole bunch of crazy sand tools to play with!

This sand can be stored in an airtight container to be used again, later.  According to the recipe, it needs a little “revitalizing” with a few more tablespoons of water, each time.

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Elizabeth is a Kamloops lifer. Born at RIH, she is happy to be raising her family here. Married with three wonderful children, Elizabeth is a full-time teacher and enjoys working with parents as she learns more about this "Mommy gig". Elizabeth is passionate about parenting and enjoys networking with other parents. She has been running KamloopsParents.Com since March 2010.