Sand Painting Sand painting is a traditional Native American Art. Paintings are used in healing ceremonies and are traditionally worked from dawn to sunset or sunset to dawn and are then destroyed. Your children will enjoy the tactile experience of painting with sand and will no doubt feel a little magic of their own when they do these activities. Materials Clean sand or white cornmeal Powdered poster paint Poster board or light cardboard White glue (thin slightly with water) Pencil Cotton swabs or small brushes Small containers for colored sand Small trays or box lids to catch loose sand Prepare colored sand in advance by mixing approximately 1 C sand with 2 T powdered paint in a tightly closed jar. Draw a simple line drawing similar to those in the example.Try to keep shapes large. Click on frog to go to design examples Fill a small area of the picture with thinned glue, using the swabs or paintbrush. Use fingers to sprinkle sand on the glued area. Allow glue to dry for a few moments before shaking off excess sand. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the picture is covered. If desired, you may cover the background with uncolored sand.

Permanent Sand Castings Materials 4 C clean Sand 2 C Corn Starch 4 tsp Cream of Tartar 3 C hot Water Mix sand cornstarch and cream of tartar in a large saucepan. Stir in the hot water Cook over medium heat until the water is absorbed and the mixture becomes very thick. Cool sand mixture until it can be handled. Mold using your hands, plastic beach molds or other molds such as cake pans. Shapes may be removed from molds more easily if the mold is sprayed with cooking spray or coated with cooking oil before the sand is packed into the mold One fun activity is to place the sand in a low flat mold such as a cake pan, then have the child make handprints or footprints and write their name with a stick or dull pencil. Add small shells around the edge of the molded shape. Mixture should dry and be fairly stable after a couple of days. Molded shapes will break if dropped, but will last indefinitely if handled carefully.

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