HOW TO MAKE SAND FOAM?

How to make Sand Foam?

Sand Foam is perfect for sensory exploration. It is made up using only two ingredients, sand and shaving cream.

Kids will love running their hands and fingers through the fluffy, textured mixture.

WHAT WE WILL NEED?

You will need clean sand, shaving cream and a large tray or tub.

There is no real defined amounts for the ingredients, the sand and shaving cream amounts can be adjusted until you are happy with the consistency. We started off with 3 cups of sand and 200ml of shaving cream, however, we added another 3 cups of sand to our mixture to explore what would happen.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Add 3 cups of sand to the tray.
2. Gradually add the shaving cream and combine using hands. Add more shaving cream until desired consistency is made.

LET'S PLAY

LET'S LEARN

• Creativity
• Fine Motor Development – Pre-writing skills
• Hand-Eye Coordination
• Sensory- Development of the sense of touch. Feeling and manipulating objects.
• Oral language development- using descriptive language.

We plan to repeat this activity but next time using coloured sand and maybe a touch of glitter too!