How to make colored kinetic sand?

Getting children to pay attention is so hard these days. Do you want to enhance your child’s communication and creative skills? Do you want them to commit to something for the long term? Play is essential part of growing up and playing with kinetic sand can help your child unleash their cognitive abilities.

Make colorful kinetic sand at home on a budget with the following ingredients:

• Very fine, white sand (or substitute colorful sand if you don’t plan to tint it yourself). This 5-pound bag on Amazon will give you enough sand for 5 colors of sand.
  
• Corn Starch (this helps the sand get the right consistency)
  
• Dish Soap (this improves the texture, acts as an anti-bacterial agent and helps the sand smell great)
  
• Water
  
• Food coloring in bright, fun colors (any food coloring will work for this, but we have found the best colors from food coloring lines that offer neon colors!)
  
• Fine glitter (buying multiple colors will allow you to match the color to the specific color of kinetic sand you’re making, but if you want to cut costs, gold and/or silver are good basics that pair with any color of sand!)
  
• Essential oils, optional, for fragrance and anti-microbial properties, depending on the oil you use.

Mix the ingredients until they are at the right consistency. Mix and match colors to have a variety of colors for your sculptures. Your children will surely enjoy making and playing this recipe of kinetic sand!

Kinetic sand and other forms of sand play contribute to the mental, sensory, physical growth to kids, and a lot more. It also enhances their creativity and imagination further.

The kinetic oil and water art in sand puts out their inner artistic ideas into practice. Watch the video below to find out.

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How to make quicksand with cornstarch?

To make quicksand with cornstarch is very easy. Simply mix a cup of sand with a cup of cornstarch. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring into it. Add water to the mixture moderately and little at a time until the cornstarch mixture starts to form into a liquid. Make sure not to put too much water.

You would want to achieve a consistency that resembles quicksand.

Take a look at the video below to do it correctly.

⭐ National Geographic Sparkling Play Sand

National Geographic Sparkling Play Sand engages the sense of touch and sight in unforgettable ways, providing your children with a toy that not only inspires creativity but also encourages positive cognitive development.

Plus, it’s a whole lot of fun. Play sand holds its shape, so you and your child can build any shape or form you’d like. The sand molds in the kit are a great way to add some detail to your sand masterpiece, too.

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