Let me show youhow to make hydrophobic sandwith our easymagic sand recipe!

Aqua Sand

Have you triedAqua Sand?

This stuff is SO cool.

If you’ve tried Aqua Sand you know how much kids are amazed and fascinated by this amazing play material - it goes into water as sand, but magic sand keeps its shape. Instead of spending money on this expensive novelty, turn it into a fun science activity where kids will learn and play! Let me show you how to make hydrophobic sand with our easy magic sand recipe! This waterproof sand is an EPIC kids activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd graders, and up!

Forget that my kids were impressed, I wanted to play!

you might quicly make your ownhydrophobic sandfrom home!

This is such afun kids activity!

Magic Sand All you need to make our simple aqua sand recipe are a few common materials: colored sand disposable plate or container. water repellant fabric protector o plastic spoon to mix container with water and spoon to play

Spray water repellant fabric protector on the colored sand until the sand becomes moist.

How to make hydrophobic sand

Use a plastic spoon to mix the colored sand.

Apply another coat of water repellant fabric protector.

homemade aqua sand

Allow it to dry completely.

Use the plastic spoon to stir the sand every few hours until completely dry.

Waterproof sand

Once your hydrophobic sand is dry, fill the clear plastic cup with water.

DIY magic sand

Place a spoonful of your DIY hydrophobic sand into the water and observe.

Hydrophobic sand

Its like magic!

THe sand stay in the shape it is when it enters the water.

Have you tried Aqua Sand? This stuff is SO cool. Seriously amazing. Forget that my kids were impressed, I wanted to play! You can quicly make your own hydrophobic sand from home! This magic sand recipe is perfect for allowing kids to leran and explore while having fun with a summer activity for kids - or really any time of the year! You’ve got to try making waterproof sand with toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, and elementary age students too! This is such a fun kids activity!

This creates a pocket of air around the sand that keeps it from getting wet.)

Here are some of our favorite baking soda and vinegar activities.

Hydrophobic sand

fun activities

DIY activities

WOW your kids with this aqua sand activity! Learn how to make hydrophobic sand - a fascinating play material with an easy magic sand recipe!

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Fun summer activity for bucket list

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The goal of an amazing science experiment for kids is to grab kids attention and make them wonder why did that happen, how could that work, and I want to try that! This leak proof bag is such a simple science experiment for kids that explores polymers. What’s best is this amazing science experiment with everyday materials! Try this water experiment with kids of all ages from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th graders too.

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