I love living where I live almost every second of the year. All except for early spring because the rest of the world seems to start warming up and we’re still pretty cold here. And it’s funny because I never cared until Facebook came along and all of my friends from warmer states started sharing their swimming and green grass and flip flop pictures. Where I live, March does start to warm things up. But, the truth is, our last frost date isn’t until June. JUNE, people! We freeze at night here until June!
That doesn’t mean that we can’t make and play with things that remind us of warmer temps. Have you ever played with Moon Sand? I found it when my oldest was about 3 or 4 (she’s 9 now! YIKES!). She used to play with it for hours on end! I mean, my kids love play dough, but Moon Sand is a totally different level of obsession. My youngest has never played with it before. I decided it was high time he give making homemade moon sand a try! But not with the expensive store bought stuff. The (super duper ridiculously easy) homemade kind!
You guys, I’m not gonna lie. This is the coolest stuff ever! I had a hard time handing it over to my son. I just wanted to build with it myself!
It really is easy (and cheap!) to make! All you need is 4 cups of flour and 1/2 C of baby oil.
Mix it up really good with your hands until it looks like this.
Then, put it down and hand it to your toddler. Oh…maybe that was just me that had a hard time doing that.
His favorite thing was driving his monster truck through it. I heard “vroom, vroooooom” for a couple of hour straight! And as a mom with an often bored toddler, that screamed success!
So, seriously, go mix a batch up! Build yourself a little sand castle until it warms up outside and you really can!
Our Pinteresting Family says
Now that looks like fun! I hope I can try this out with my daughter. Thanks for sharing this idea. :)
Nikki says
Hey there lovie! Thanks for posting, I made this for my little cousin last weekend while they were here. They had a blast. I hope you & the family have had a great Weekend!
Nikki
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Adrienne@Freetimefrolics says
Loving this activity. I may need to make some. PInning this.
Amy Murray says
It’s snowing here today and I have declared a snow day! I decided since we can’t beat it we must join it! So I am headed outside with the kiddos today! Since the snow will still be here for a long time I will be doing this with them on another day!
Kristin Knickelbein says
Do you think it would work with self rising flour?
Kristin Knickelbein says
I ended up using a cup and a half of gingerbread pancake mix and the rest cake flour. We had fun with it but we need more! :) Perhaps we will send Daddy to the store for a $1 bag after work!
Larissa@Just Another Day in Paradise says
I should totally do this with my boys!
Sky says
So fun! Had no idea a homemade version was just those two ingredients! My boys will love this :)
Amy Graham says
Now THIS is my kind of recipe! Thanks, Shatzi!
Andie Thueson says
I’m going to have to surprise my kids with this one day for Spring Break next week! So fun!!! Pinned!
Holly Lefevre (504 Main) says
So…So…So Excited to try this!
Ashley at flats to flip flops says
So excited to give this a try! Pinning this!
Ashley
Rachel {RandR Workshop} says
Pinned this! Cant wait to try it! Thanks for sharing!
Rachel
Janice says
I pinned it for all my friends with kids and grandkids. Thanks
Emily {Bits of Everything} says
I didn’t know you could make this at home! WOW! Pinned!
megan Stevenson says
i tryed it but it didn’t work
megan Stevenson says
it didn’t work
Sheila Brown says
How long will this keep? and does it need to stored in a plastic container?
Atlantas Frugal Mom says
Just made this today with my 4 year old, for her and my 19 mo old son. We tinkered with the recipe a bit, adding a splash more oil, and adding “pixie dust” (glitter). Both kids enjoyed it, and we’ll see if we were able to store it in a plastic container overnight! :) Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Ashley says
Could I use vegetable oil? I want to do this with my Science class and I already have a ron of that.
Love and Laundry says
I think vegetable oil would probably work fine. :) I haven’t tried it myself but I do think that it is similar enough to baby oil to work. It may create a slightly different texture and smell. I would definitely recommend experimenting before taking it to the science class, but I do think it should work fine.
Ashley says
I used vegetable and it worked fine. It does have a slightly yellow tint but it didn’t bother any of my students. I did add a couple of drops of tea tree oil to keep germs away.
Anna says
Can I use olive oil???
Marcie says
I’m going to make it for me and I’m a little bit over 50????????
Sarah says
Does this site not print the letter “i”? Every post is missing the “i”.
Sarah says
I guess I answered my own questIon sInce my post does not Include the “I”s eIther.
Strange that you have to capItalIze It to prInt.
Danielle says
How long will it last?
Love and Laundry says
If you keep it in a sealed container, it’ll last a long time!
crystal delarosa says
Can you use food coloring in it??
Love and Laundry says
Hmmmm. I’m not sure! I haven’t ever tried it before. The concern I would have is that the food coloring wouldn’t mix well with the baby oil. But I definitely think it’s worth a try! You could also try adding it straight to the flour before adding the liquid ingredients.
Gabryelle says
Really cool
Deb says
Please DO NOT USE BABY OIL if the kids you are doing this with are likely to put this in their mouths. My autistic son loves this stuff but since baby oil is toxic if ingested we use cooking oil instead. Does not smell so good but works fine!
Tdert says
I used olive oil as well and didn’t enjoy the smell so we added a package of blue raspberry koolaid and it’s safe in case my sons decide to experiment by tasting it lol. It had a nice color and smell as well.