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Colorful Sand Foam

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

Colorful sand foam is a fun, messy sensory activity. When I first saw this activity here, I knew we had to try it out! Instead of using regular sand, we tried it with colorful craft sand. I loved seeing the colors!

Colorful Sand Foam -- 2 Ingredient sensory fun!

Here’s what you need for this activity:

  • colorful craft sand
  • shaving cream
  • large container

supplies

To begin, pour the sand in the container. Then spray shaving cream in. Mix with a spoon until you get the consistency you like. The mixture will be foamy and soft, and will still feel grainy like an exfoliant.

ingredients

Then have fun playing with it! This can be sticky on your hands, so you may want to have a bucket of water nearby to wash hands in.

Playing with Sand Foam

playing in sand foam

close up hands

playing

hands in sand foam

water

This was lots of fun! It was a bit messy, but messy play is important for kids! If you keep it contained in a plastic bin, then clean-up is easy. I recommend dumping the sand foam in the trash and not the sink.

This was day 7 of the 31 Days of Play Series. To see all the play ideas, visit here. Happy Playing!

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  1. Jennifer Altman says

    January 17, 2015 at 1:34 am

    That looks really fun and messy!! Thanks for linking up at Share it Saturday, I’m highlighting your post on this week’s link up!
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  2. Angela Thayer says

    January 7, 2015 at 8:44 pm

    I have not tried using food coloring, but I would think it would work. The only thing is the food dye may get on your hands. If you try it out, let me know how it goes!
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  3. Christina says

    January 7, 2015 at 1:35 pm

    If I don’t have coloured sand, would adding food colouring work?

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