In an attempt to keep the boys off the DSi XL and Wii during the heatwave the Northeast is having, I have been crafting or cooking with them. Today I am posting about one of favorite crafts- Sand Art! How, you may ask, do you keep this budget friendly? All you need is a few ingredients from you home: Salt (table salt works better, coarse salt is hard to color) Sidewalk Chalk cups Step 1: Line up a bunch of plastic cups and fill with salt Step 2: Have the little ones pick their favorite color chalk. Step 3: Swirl the chalk into the salted cups (sounds like a Margarita, but it's too early in NY for that- I'll take a Bloody Mary instead). The longer your "swirl", the darker the color with be! Viola! Colored "sand"! Step 4: Find a container, make a picture, whatever you like! Sorry for the pictures! I am trying to get posted before I bring the kids to the children's museum before it gets crowded. My foo...
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