He always manages to bring the sand home with you from the beach, or even curse it when you’re away, pick it up and make some fun crafts out of it.
Colored sands.
This joke is easy to make, all you need is some sand from the beach, some shoe polish, food coloring, and a container for every different color you want to make. Start in any container with your sand. With enough water to cover the sand, add food coloring generously. Don’t be afraid to mix and match colors. Then, sit the bowl aside and let the water disappear, leaving the color in the sand. It can take quite a while. If the water completely disappears and the sand reaches the color you like, pour off the water and dry your sand on paper towels. . Colored sand can be used in jars and bottles. Or used in picture framing.
Sandulae Candela.
When you buy votives or other small candles, it’s best to place them in some kind of holder or container. Here’s a simple fun idea to use your colored sand with. Collect small starches for baby food bottles. Or a little bigger. Then partially fill with colored sand. Cast your vow in the sand, bind it firmly. This method can also be used for pillar or candle candles. The columns, depending on their size, will need a larger container, however the tapers regardless of their length will be in the bay food. barrels You can find glass jarsglass, or even bowls and glasses that can be used as candles for another. relatively inexpensive hand stores. They can also be returned. Sometimes sand can also be recycled. Placing your lanterns in the sand provides a solid ground for them to sit on, helping to prevent chips as well as melted wax that will pull out of the sand.
Beach in Jar.
Visiting new beaches is now fun. And many have very different types of sand. From white sand to black sand, from shale and rock to silt. A great way to remember the beaches was to make a Beach in a Container.
You will need long-mouthed canning-jars with large mouths, and you need to get them from the beach.
You can create these in several ways. one, stationary, one He never moves, or wants to see the stores. This is your choice.
1. for the immovable Jar.
Pour sand into the barrel to cover the bottom. You can also make this a little deeper if you want. Then shells, pebbles, driftwood. You have carefully found sea glass and other treasures in the barrel. You don’t want to shake the jar. You can fill it out as full as you want. Then screw the lid on tightly and use a hot glue gun to put more treasures on the lid of the jar. You can also tie a ribbon around the mouth if you like.
2. For a mobile vessel is much easier. Fill the jar with the most sand, add your treasures. This jar displays your treasures by flipping upside down, every time you turn the jar you have a chance to see new treasures. Make sure you are gentle with your bucket so that the shells break easily. It is not always a good idea to put shells on the counter.
Don’t forget to write down the name of the beach where you were and the time.
This project is fun for children. And another use for the colored sands, of which it was said above.
You will need stiff paper, such as poster board, sand and glue.
1.Have the children draw a picture on paper using glue. Perhaps he went to the beach. Make sure no large clumps of glue are left on the paper anywhere.
2. Before the glue pour dry hands over the sand image. He sat down for a few minutes and then poured the sand into the shaking container.
