Project ideas

Sand painting has long been a staple of fairgrounds and craft lessons. This popular craft is easy to do at home as well.

Material Needed

1. Colored Play Sand
2. Clean glass jars with? lids
3. Spoon
4. Paper Cups
5. Sticks or toothpicks

Preparing the Bottle or Jar
The bottle you choose should have a relatively wide opening at the? top. This is because you must pour sand in and be able to get a stick into? the jar to manipulate the sand.

The jar can be glass of plastic, but it must be completely clear. To prepare? the jar, remove all labels and glue residue. Wash the entire bottle or jar? completely and let it dry.

One idea to make the finished product better is to paint or otherwise decorate? the lid of the jar. A beautiful sand painting should not be under a lid that? says "Pickles."

The easiest method is simply to pour different? layers of colored sand into the jar. This will give you a modern art, striped? look.

Creating the Sand Painting in the Bottle
For kids with more creativity or skill, try using a spoon of funnel to pour the colored play sand in different parts of? the jar. Use a chopstick, toothpick, or end of a pencil to poke the sand? into different shapes such as Vs, flying bird shapes, or chevrons. Get creative? and try to create scenes in the sand.