Colored Sand for Arts, Crafts, and Kids

Most adults would agree that sand is just something else to avoid in life. It is vacuumed out of cars and off from carpets in homes. If you find it on your knees or sleeves it is quickly wiped off. Is there some on the flowers you just picked? Shake it off.

Most adults would also agree that a beach is not really a beach without a lot of sand.

Artists and children have found pleasant uses for sand other than as a foot warmer along the shore.

Have you ever seen a play box with purple grains?

Have you ever seen a flower bed with green dirt?

Welcome to the world of colored sand crafts.

Some people like to collect exotic beach sand from around the world. They keep it in little glass bottles on a ledge or shelf for visitors to wonder at. It can be found naturally colored in many earth tones such as shades of brown, gray, white, and black. Artificially colored granules come in a proper rainbow selection including green, blue, and pink, and are perfect for crafts. Literally, a complete rainbow, plus other colored hues, can be found for crafts. You can find a wide selection of colored grains at Coloredplaysand.com .

It is no wonder that safety-concerned moms love colored sand for their kid's crafts. If you think that a play box filled with normal sand can keep a kid happily occupied, wait until that same kid discovers a box full of granules that are blue.

People who enjoy arts and crafts have also fallen in love with colored sand. One of the long-standing crafts is to spray sand with a solution of water and glitter. Now crafts are found in the form of shaped bottles to create colored decorations. Some colored sand crafts use bottles and jars to make candles. Perhaps one of the most enduring properties of colored sand crafts is the smile it brings to a child's face. Sit a child down for crafts in front of a selection of colored sand with an empty bottle and a small shovel and you can see the magic happen almost immediately. Add some glue and paper for the crafts and the older kids will have a great time making colored sand cards, such as those found at Sandartists.com . Be careful about adding glitter to the crafts though, your children could experience a rapture of biblical proportions.