Sand Art Crafts

how can i clean/sterilize beach sand to use for crafts? oven?

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1. I think you can soak it in fresh water and bake it in a low oven to dry. The main thing is to get the soil and impurities out, especially the salt. I would put it through several changes of water and dry out maybe the salt would leach out with that.
2. "You may want to rinse, dry, and bake the sand (at 300 F) to sterilize it, and it can be re-washed and used again. Aquarium sand is fine as well. Calcium based sands are nice and come a wide array of colors, but are expensive. " Above was pulled from a website dealing with hermit crabs. The same should be OK for crafts. Good luck.
3. Buy a bag of playground sand. Already clean and sterile.