Create the Edible Moon Sand from Flour and Oil for your little ones to play. It’s a safter option than regular sand for the little ones.

New Updated Version August 2023

My daughter loves playing in sand. I saw this idea for making moon sand from Tammy over at creativekkids.com. I modified it and used canola oil instead of baby oil. My kid loves it! She played with it for a good while, about 45 to 50 minutes or so when we first made it. And she always wants to keep playing with it. I may need to make her some more since what we made is all gone,

These little fun items cost me about $3 bucks from the Dollar Tree. I really love them for our toddlers play. They are perfect for scooping, pouring, sifting, etc.

How to Make Edible Moon Sand

 To make use:

• 8 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 Cup plus 1/4 Cup Canola Oil
• A Large Container
• Scoop and Pour Toys

Directions:

• Pour flour in a large bowl or bin (I used a storage tub)
• Add in oil
• Mix well until the mixture looks like damp sand
• The Moon-Sand is now ready

How to Store Moon Sand

The moon sand will last for a while if you cover it. Simply cover it tightly and the bin in your garage or storage area. In the photo above, I placed the play things in the tub in what was left of the Moon Sand. We didn’t have much left at all. In fact, as seen below, that is what is left behind on the concrete. Here are the main reasons why:

• My toddler decided to throw some around in the air like rain drops.
• In addition, I had it in a loosely covered bin outside and I am assuming the squirrels got into it because I saw one sitting on the top of the bin one day and the next morning, the cover was off.
• I threw it away because I want it to be safe for my toddler in the event she puts it into her mouth.

How to Clean Up Moon Sand

Moon Sand can be easily whipped off wooden floors but can be hard to come off concrete. You may want to protect the area with a plastic table cloth before allowing the child to play with the sand on concrete. However, if your child spills flour on your wall, use a good powerful spray with a hose and it will be good to go again. (I know, my wall needs a power-washing also but who’s saying? The important thing here is that the child had tons of fun)!Have you made Moon Sand before using Oil and Flour? Please share your thought in the comments.

Have you made Moon Sand before using Oil and Flour? Please share your thought in the comments.

Playing with sand is so fun and one of the easiest activities to create for children. Our daughter has so much playing with sand; it’s one of the things I always love having on-hand.

Kids love to play with sand! Play sand is one of the easiest activities for small children as there is no prepping required. All you need is to get some sand and some Sandcastle toys. If you live next to the ocean, park, or a place that have sand, try to collect some for your little one. Otherwise, play sand can be purchased at Walmart around $4.95 a tub. One tub is big enough for a large roasting pan.

Playing with Sand

Playing with sand is not only fun but it has many benefits for kids. The possibilities are endless – The kids learn to scoop, dump, pour, and build. It’s so much fun for children. After you get the sand, dump it somewhere on the ground, in a bin or a baking/roasting pan, then let the kids play. Add some little bowls, measuring cups, spoons, and sand play toys if you have any.

Creating an Island with Play Sand

Our daughter created an island. She used some beach/sand toys along with grass. I bought these sand toys from the Dollar tree. It came in a pack with beach toys for the kids during the summer time. I love all the little scoop and pour toys the stores sell for the kids that they can use for other play too (water play, rice play, sensory bins). Seriously, it makes me want to with the toys too.

Do your kids play with sand at home or on the beach? What is their favorite thing to do with the sand?

This is another fun activity, involving the senses, to do with your toddler. Once again, totally safe and fun! I saw this idea in a kids activity book from the local library.

To make:

Use a few boxes of different colour gelatin.

Follow the instructions to make it on the box except use only half the amount of liquid. Most of them say use 1 cup of boiling water and 1 cup cold. So instead, use 1/2 cup boiling and 1/2 cup cold.

Freeze according to instructions.

Remove from the freezer and cut into mini cubes.

Place them in a bowl and let your little one use them to build a tall tower. I spread a sheet of construction paper on my counter top and let mine build her blocks there. Some of them tumbled over, especially as they started to melt a little. But it was fun to watch her enjoy herself picking them up and building away again!

Then I spread a large bath towel on the floor, added construction paper, and let her and her sister play.

NB: Note that the unflavoured jello works best for this activity. It has a firmer and very interesting texture than the flavoured jello when frozen with 1/2 the liquid (see the image below). Almost as if you could twist it apart with a lot of effort. I tried biting a piece and just could not. It took me about 5 minutes to get the frozen piece of unflavoured jello cut up. Where as the flavoured ones took only a couple of seconds each.

With the unflavoured one, the blocks are more likely to stay in place. To make the different colours, you can add food colouring during the mixing. Either way, flavoured or unflavoured, the kids will have fun. Well, at least mine did. Oh, and she sure had fun eating all the flavoured ones, too. I had not made any jello since she was born. Surprisingly, she liked the cubes.

For the baby activity with this, just squish a variety of colors together in a plate and let her feel the texture – See my post here on sensory play for babies.