MOON SAND!
The latest and greatest thing around here is been moon sand. The kids just can't get enough of it! Its soft and fluffy but mold-able. The older tots (three years old) enjoyed printing their numbers, building castles and running their cars through the moon sand. The younger tots (one and two years old) enjoyed squishing, sculpting and destroying things in the moon sand.
This could easily be an indoor activity, if you laid out the rules and boundaries before beginning play. I usually say spillage from engaging in play is fine, however deliberately making a mess outside of the bin result in a warning and subsequently the activity being put away. We played out on the deck and I enjoyed watching the children mix the moon sand with the rice from the rice table and pour the moon sand into the pool. Just a warning... wet moon sand is super slippery. After a day of having the moon sand out on the deck, it dried and I simply swept it off.
There are a couple of different ways to make moon sand. I modified a recipe a bit in order to make it safe in case anyone sampled any of it!
Our moon sand:
7 cups of flour
1 cup of vegetable oil
Another recipe calls for 2 sticks of chalk. Other recipes are just 7 cups of flour and 1 cup of baby oil.
Have you made moon sand before? What recipe worked for you?
Until next time!
Alicia
