I also wonder how well some of those pins really work.
So every Thursday, I'm going to try out a pin from my pinterest board. I call it:
To kick things off, I have a pin from my "child's play" board.
DIY Moon Sand.
I've seen a couple recipes for this, but this one is the simplest.
Just mix 8 cups of flour and 1 cup of baby oil. Easy to remember right?
The boys combined their batches into a clean, shallow tupperware container and went to town.
And you know what? It worked!
It clumped together great.
Smelled nice.
It even made our hands a bit softer because of the baby oil.
It also.... made a big mess.
I was glad we did it outside.
But really, this wouldn't be too hard to vacuum up inside either. We have real moon sand and it makes just as big a mess as the real stuff does.
Is it exactly like real moon sand? No. I'm sure the more complicated recipes that call for cornstarch and sand and stuff like that probably do. But this was a wonderful, cheap, easy DIY substitute.
And it makes a ton which multiplies the fun right? (this was just two batches!)
If you need to whip something up quick for some bored kids, this is a good one. You probably have the stuff on hand already as well!
14 comments:
Must try! and Pin test is a wonderful idea too :)
oh fun! looking forward to your pin tests!
Great idea--I've seen people dedicate a day to pinterest each week and I've been thinking of doing the same. But I only blog about once a week...so yah. I need to step it up if that's ever going to happen, ha ha!
I just made the sand, cornstarch, water mix with some 6-12 year olds this week and yours looks a lot better than ours. When we added the ingredients based on the recipe, it was very soupy. I dumped in nearly twice the amount of sand to try to get it to a moldable product. I was letting the kids measure the ingredients themselves (with a teen guiding them), so its possible some extra water or not enough cornstarch was added. The kids still had a great time, but the soupy look it had deterred a couple from wanting to try it at first.
I am loving Pinterest. I have lots of ideas pinned and not lots of time to do any of them. I have completed a few ideas with mixed results. Looking forward to see what you complete.
We call it snow and my girls love playing with it.
We call it snow and my girls love playing with it.
That is fun. I want to try moon sand too. I try out stuff from my pin board and show it off on Wednesday...it has been super fun...plus then I actually check off some of my pins!
this is so fun Delia...my kids would love it. can't wait to follow along with your PIN tests! :) Have a great weekend.
I pinned the same recipe but it was called cloud dough. My daughter loves it! She has a bunch of sand toys that she uses with it. We only play with it outside, though, for the mess factor. I love Pinterest for all the great ideas I get for playing with my kids.
Did it this evening. My 3 year old girl LOVES it so much! My hands are so soft now! I'm just thinking if I should add a bit more oil to make it bit less crumbly! Thanks again for sharing the recipe.
ı love it.I will make with my daughter. And ı will pay my blog.Thanks...
Saw this on pinterest as well! I am glad you were able to test it out. I will be posting about it on my next blog entry and have a link to your page as well since I looked at your review before trying it myself.
i made this today and i decided to color it....lets just say the gel food coloring doesnt work well and do it before you add baby oil....
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