Sand Art

This Summer, my son turned 5 and we threw him a Scooby Doo birthday party. It was the first party in which he invited some friends from preschool, so in addition to a game, I wanted to have an activity/craft for the kids to do and be able to take it home. I thought that making sand art would be both fun and fit the bright colored 70's theme of the party. It was a hit!


I set up the table in the backyard (didn't want sand in my house!), covered it with a plastic tablecloth and set up all the supplies. The kids did the rest!



The dog bone sign was for Scooby Doo~it looks kinda of out of place in these pictures without seeing the rest of the party LOL!

I made up an example sand art and had it on the table. I just put all the containers in a bowl in the middle so the kids could pick which shape they wanted.




Supplies Needed:

Colored Sand (I got 7 different colors)
Small funnels (1 for each child)
plastic (or glass) containers with lids (1-2 for each child)
spoons (to scoop sand into funnel)

All of the sand art supplies (sand, funnels, & plastic containers) are found together on a craft aisle at Hobby Lobby)