Materials

• Sand
• Tempera paint
• Ziploc baggies
• Small containers
• Glue
• Construction paper
• Shoe boxes

Directions

1. Mix sand with dry tempera paint by shaking the two together in bags. Vary the colors by adding more or less of the dry tempera paint.

2. Pour the colored sand into small containers or jars with hole punched in the lids, one color per jar.

3. Have the children draw squiggly lines, designs etc. with glue on construction paper or inside the lids of shoe boxes. Encourage the children to be creative with the different colors of sand.

4. Let the sand paintings dry. Shake off the excess sand, and there you have an original summer sand painting.