Sand Painting
Materials:
- Empty jars or plastic yogurt containers
- Powdered tempera paints in a variety of colors
- Sand
- Paper, pencils, glue and popsicle sticks
- Plastic spoons
- Plastic or styrofoam tray
Directions:
- Draw a simple picture on your paper.
- Pour some sand into an empty jar or container.
- Add just a little powdered tempera paint to dry sand. Experiment with how much you want.
- Mix as many separate colors of paint and sand as you want.
- Decide where you want first color of sand.
- Put an even layer of glue on the paper and pour some colored sand onto the glue using a plastic spoon.
- Repeat until the entire paper is covered.
- Let the sand painting dry.
- Seal painting with artist's fixative, hair spray, or a mixture of glue and water (80% glue, 20% water).
Source:
adapted from www.kinderart.com/multic/sand.shtml