How to make a Sand Sculpture

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Next time you make a sand castle you don't have to let the surf wash it away. Now you can craft a permanent sand sculpture just by using sand, water and cornstarch.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • 3 cups of sand ("play sand" from the hardware store works if you don't have "beach sand")
  • 1 1/2 cups of cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 cups of water
  • Newspaper
  • Old cooking pot
  • Large spoon

Step1
Mix the ingredients together in the pot.
Step2
Cook the mixture over low heat, stirring constantly. When it gets thick, take it off of the stove and let cool.
Step3
Once it is cool, use the spoon to turn it out on the newspaper.
Step4
Now you can make it into any shape you like, let it dry, and keep your creation forever!

Tips & Warnings

  • A quick spray of Pam or other lubricating spray helps the sand pop right out of the sandcastle molds. A hole poked into the top of the sandcastle mold also seemed to help.
  • To make the sandcastles pop out perfectly, the trick seemed to be packing the sand mixture into the molds tightly and leaving an air space at the open end of the mold and slamming the mold down hard onto the plate....the extra air helps pop the sand right out.

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on 3/31/2008 Cool idea, didn't know you could do that ;0) We will have to try it this summer!

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on 3/10/2008 Neat, I was wanting to maek a sculpture for my mother. This is awesome! Now all i need is the sand.

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