keepsake

sand clay

handprint

Looking for something fun to do with the sand you collected during your last family beach trip or trip to the park? Put it in homemade sand clay and use it to make a cute keepsake!

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Pour some sand, flour and salt into a medium-sized mixing bowl and stir them together with a spoon

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Add some water to the dry ingredients and stir with a spoon until well combined, adding more as needed

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Knead the sand clay with your hands until it has a doughy texture similar to the texture of salt dough

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Mould the sand clay into the shape of a ball and flatten the ball into a disk using a rolling pin or your hands

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Press your child's hand down into the disk of sand clay in order to leave an imprint of their hand

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Glue beads and seashells all around your child's handprint in order to decorate your homemade keepsake

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Let the sand clay dry, spraying the surface of the finished keepsake with protective glaze or Mod Podge

Keep your homemade keepsake to immortalize fun memories and remember your child's tiny handprint once they're grown…

…or simply create a disk of sand clay and let your child have fun decorating it however they see fit!