This play recipe is easy to make and so fun for kids! Snow sand acts like traditional play sand, but it is icy-cold like snow! Read on to see how you can make this chilling white sand at home.
This icy-cold sand looks just like tiny snow crystals. It feels like silk between tiny fingers, and it is so much fun to muck around in that you really must try it! Are you ready to make your own?
How to Make Snow Sand
Materials
- Epsom Salts
- Glitter
We Also Added:
- Frozen figurines
- Cookie cutters
- Shovels, buckets, and kitchen gadgets
Method
Talk about an easy play time!
- All you have to do to make snow sand is place a bag of Epsom salt in the freezer overnight.
- The next day you will have the most glorious, icy-cold & sparkly sand.
- Pour the frozen Epsom salt into a sensory bin or container, add glitter and props, and the fun can begin!
Epsom Salt Sand Play
Chilled Epsom salt makes a perfect winter sand.
It feels like grains of ice between little fingers.
Rosie and Jewel had lots of fun pretending to be Elsa and Anna while building, scooping, and digging in the icy-cold sand.
They played and played! They pretended to build Olaf, buried and rescued their princesses,
and built icy sand castles that came flowing from the buckets like a million tiny diamonds.
and built icy sand castles that came flowing from the buckets like a million tiny diamonds.
Extend the Fun
- Make snow foam.
- Explore science with snow rockets.
- Make candy from snow.
- Make snow erupt.
- Make icy-cold snow paint.
- Make a snow storm in a jar.
Tips & Storage:
- Store your snow sand in a zip-seal bags between play times, and it can be used again & again!
- Store your sand in the freezer for even more fun.
- Frozen figurines can be found online here.
- Some of our salt clumped together during the freezing process. It looked like snowballs but was easily broken apart as the girls played.
