Summer DIY – Permanent Snadcastles Recipe

• 3 cups of sand
• 1 1/2 cups of water
• 1 1/2 cups of cornstarch
• cooking pot – bigger is better – lots of stirring
• non-stick cooking spray
• newspaper or old cardboard – we used a collapsed box
• sand castle molds

Summer DIY – Permanent Sandcastles

1. Measure out the sand – a perfect job for little hands
2. Measure out the cornstarch and mix both together in the cooking pot
3. Now turn the stove top to low and start stirring. We found that we had to increase the temperature a bit – probably because we used 3x the amount.
4. Stir constantly! Once the sand is sticking to your spoon or spatula it is ready to come off the heat.
5. We poured our hot sand mix onto cardboard to cool.
6. TIP – this would be a perfect time to move the whole craft OUTSIDE! We had a thunderstorm pop up on us so we were inside.
7. Let the mixture cool to the touch – but not harden. Spray your castle mold with non-stick cooking spray and start filling.
8. Time to let it dry.  We placed our filled molds in some old drink boxes we took out of our recycling bin and let them dry overnight.
9. The next step was the most fun – unveiling our castles the next morning – they literally popped right out of the molds.
10. Final touches – We added a plate charger and some of our extra sand along with a few of our treasures to display.