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Friday, July 13, 2012

DIY Sand Rollers


Sand Roller


I actually bought the materials for this project a few months ago and never followed through.  Sand play has been a daily occurrence in our house lately, so I thought this would be a great time to make the sand rollers.  It all started when we brought in the FUNNEL RACK for some indoor sand play.  That play led to us creating a HOURGLASS, and then my son spent a lot of time pouring sand into bottles and onto the tray where he drew pictures and used the bottles to imprint shapes. 

Our first (extra large) hourglass broke.  I found these smaller jars at Michaels for 99 cents and we used gorilla glue to adhere them.






HERE IS SOME OF OUR SAND PLAY...










 For the DIY sand rollers I used PVC piping and alphabet foam stickers (found at Michaels).  There are so many options - animal stickers, numbers, shapes, etc etc.  I used one for upper case, one for lower case, and one to spell out his name. We used the sand rollers with blue sand (from Michaels) in an acrylic tray on the light panel.

(You could probably use old paper towel rolls instead of the PVC piping for an even cheaper alternative)


foam stickers, PVC pipes, glue gun

lower case roller



Upper case





**REMEMBER WHEN YOU APPLY THE STICKERS FOR THE SAND PRINTING, YOU NEED TO ADHERE THEM BACKWARD.**


- AK (MESE, MECD)

9 comments:

  1. This is cool!

    I'd love to know where you got your tray. I'm looking for something large, clear, and attractive for messy stuff on my light box.

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  2. Going to ask again, probably, it has come up a billion times. The tray used? the clear tray. Where you have purchased it. thank you

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    1. http://www.amazon.com/Acrylichomedesign-1073-Serving-Tray-Acrylic/dp/B004ZZQAXC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1342477747&sr=8-5&keywords=acrylic+serving+tray

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  3. That's so great !!!!!
    Thans a lot for sharing! I'll do it immediately!!

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  4. The tray...

    http://www.amazon.com/Acrylichomedesign-1073-Serving-Tray-Acrylic/dp/B004ZZQAXC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1342477747&sr=8-5&keywords=acrylic+serving+tray

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  5. Love your website. But I have one burning question - what does MESE, MECD stand for? :)

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    1. Masters in Exceptional Student Education, Masters in Early Childhood Development

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  6. What is the light box and where do you get that?

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  7. This is a fantastic idea! I wonder if the foam letters would be sturdy enough to print on play dough? I'm going to try it. lol. I'm a prek teacher and I'm working with the kiddos on spelling their names. This would be a great activity to help them!

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