Sand Art Crafts

Kids' Craft; Sand & Glue?

Project Instructions: "Spray heavy paper with spray adhesive, sprinkle with sand, then use Q-Tip to write message in sand." The above instructions do not work very well. Spray adhesive dries too fast, so doesn't allow time for the kids to write a message. It's for Bible class (4th & 5th graders), & the theme of the lesson is that God's Word is written in stone. So the result of the project is supposed to be that the paper will end up looking like a stone with a message written or chiseled in to it. I thought about using liquid starch instead of spray adhesive or any other kind of glue, & using butcher paper (it has a slicker not so pourous side) instead of heavy paper. But maybe someone else has a better idea. Can anyone help me?

Public Comments

1. You can use a THIN layer of craft glue, and then scrape the words into the sand using a flat edge of something
2. Dip the q-tip in vaseline and have your child do the writing first, then spray and sand, wipe off the part where the vaseline was.
3. Why don't you try a slower setting glue. Elmer's should work.
4. you can always try and find sand colored clay and flatten it out with rolling pins on the slicker side of the butcher paper and use tooth-picks or kabob sticks or even a pencil to write in it and then just let it dry out. it is a little less messy then glue and sand.