How To Make Colored Sand

Sand is nothing but naturally occurring granular pieces of rock. Usually found at the bottom of the lakes and oceans, sand is piled up on the coast in form of dunes. Even, many adults still get fascinated by the idea of making a sand castles on seashores. Sand has always played an important role in our intellectual growth. Chemically, sand is made up of various minerals. Its natural color depends on these minerals. Sand is used as a major component in plaster material, mortar, brick making etc. But it is a fun fact to know that we can also do sand painting with the color of our choice.

Colored art sand is a really interesting craft material that can make your creativity run ahead of time. Colored sand and various queer activities related to it have become widely famous amongst the kids these days. It is also a good task to give the kids in free time too. Making colored sand can prove to be a great way to intensify your child's creative vision. Once you get to know the art of making colored sand, you can turn it into various sand sculptures, sand paintings, and various art forms.

Make Your Own Colored Sand

Material

• Sand
• Food colors of your choice
• Container to mix
• Water

Procedure

Inundate the sand with enough water in a container. Then add ample amounts of your favorite food coloring into the sand container. Wait for some time as the sand may take time to get the desired color. Now, drain out the sand on a paper napkin and let it dry out completely! It is not required to mention that you should use different containers for different colored sands!

Just keep one thing in mind when making the colored sand, the sand container must be large enough to bear desired amount of sand as well as water.

Significance of Colored Sand

One really very interesting implication of sand art is to use it in wedding, which is called 'sand ceremony'. Sand ceremony is really a trendy way to make your wedding unique. This ceremony helps both the families to come closer to each other while doing the fun task of sand craft. In sand ceremony, the bride, the groom and their selective family members use different layers of different colored sands and arrange it in a pot. This ceremony is a way of showings vows of commitment, love and respect towards each other as well as their families. Various colors of the colored sand signify various emotions:

• White: Purity and devotion
• Blue: Patience and tranquility
• Green: Health and luck
• Yellow: Harmony and balance
• Purple: Dignity and strength
• Red or Pink: Passion, love and romance
• Silver: Creativity and inspiration
• Brown: Health and home

Now that you have learned how to make colored sand, all you have to do is bring some great amount of sand and your favorite colors and make various art and craft forms of your choice! Colored sand proves to be a good chore when given to the kids in their free time or as a summer task. Coloring the sand is one thing that has ability to fascinate both kids and parents equally!