When my daughter was youthful, like lots of children, she was actually into sensory experiences. We made cloud dough and coloured rice and pasta, and SO a lot selfmade playdough I truly wrote a number of weblog posts about it (this one was our favourite, besides perhaps the chocolate one, which I believe I shared not too long ago in a Valentine’s Day put up).

One in every of her favourite issues that I didn’t make was kinetic sand. Bought kinetic sand is like common sand, but it surely’s been coated with silicone oil, which provides the sand viscoelasticity. Which is a flowery science phrase for one thing that flows when not beneath strain, however turns into a kind of rubbery strong beneath stress. 

If you wish to learn extra in regards to the science of kinetic sand, take a look at this put up from Dwell Science.

It’s not truly that tough to make kinetic sand at residence, although I by no means tried it as a result of we had loads of the store-bought stuff.

There’s a recipe for a comparatively small amount at Artful Morning, that mixes the sand with an ingredient of the same texture you’ll need to click on over to examine.

If you wish to make kinetic sand for a crowd, the Minnesota Youngsters’s Museum has a much bigger quantity recipe that’s given in elements, so you may scale it as much as fill a kiddie pool or down for a few children to play with.

And the way do you play with it? Children received’t want lots of instruction, you simply squish it and mould it and see what occurs. Cookie cutters and small, fillable molds are nice to make use of with kinetic sand, in addition to plastic knives, spoons, silicone baking cups, any little belongings you would possibly use in small world play. When you have stamps such as you would use with play dough that’s one other nice choice.

[Photo: Crafty Morning.]