moon sand

Recently, Ethan and I have discovered moon sand. It takes about four seconds to make, stores beautifully in an old pasta sauce jar and provides Ethan with seemingly endless sensory fun. I whipped up a quick batch of this when we were still housebound courtesy of the Double Ear Infection Of Doom and Ethan happily sat playing, molding, sculpting and inevitably crumbling the moon sand. I was surprised at how cool the moon sand was based on the fact it's comprised of two ingredients, but it had the coolest texture. It felt crumbly and grainy like sand, but was able to be sculpted and molded into shapes.

Here's how to make your own moon sand:

Add four cups of flour in a bin or pan of your choice.

Add 3/4c oil to the flour and mix it together with your hands. Knead it until it's all combined.

And just like that -- moon sand.

I added some cookie cutters, scoops and cups to the mix for Ethan to be able explore the moon sand.

Ethan's favorite thing to do was make things -- and then crumble them back again. We even made a snowman. Ethan thought this was super cool.