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Kinetic Sand Pretend Play Food

November 13, 2018 By Kate Leave a Comment

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Today I’m sharing three ways to make pretend play food using Kinetic Sand. This is a tactile, squishy sensory experience for kids and will help to keep them busy whilst you are busy during Christmas rush season. Kinetic Sand would also make a great Christmas Gift idea, you could put some in a gift basket along with a rolling pin, cookie cutters and a play mat. 

Fun pretend play food from kinetic sand. Kinetic sand is moldable and sticks together so you can roll it, pat it and create cookies, pancakes and ice blocks with it #playfood #pretendplay #kineticsand #sensoryplay #sponsored

Do your kids love sand? When I was growing up my siblings and I had hours of fun in our backyard sand pit by hosing the sand down to get it all wet and building muffins, cakes, castles and miniature worlds to play in. If the sand dried out we tipped extra buckets of water on it and patted it down some more. When we were done we’d head indoors with sand all over our feet, hands and clothing and traipse it all over the house.

It was fun, but oh so messy.

Well this is the 21st century and now there’s a new sand in town – Kinetic Sand!

Have you ever run your fingers through a pile of Kinetic Sand? This is the sand of my dreams. It’s squishy, soft, fine and grainy like real sand (because it IS real sand), and when you pat it, mould it or make anything at all it holds its shape beautifully. Kind of like wet sand only better – and it’s not even wet. Best of all, because it sticks together, it’s a breeze to clean up.

Kinetic sand sensory fun ideas for kids #sandplay #sensoryplay #messyfun #kidsactivities #sponsored

To give kids a fun Kinetic Sand experience all you really need is a mat or tray and a pile of sand.

The sensory activity itself is calming and therapeutic and your kiddos can have loads of fun by adding a few simple props such as plastic moulds and containers to shape their sand with. Simply letting it dribble through your fingers is mesmerising.

I loved this stuff so much I decided to revisit my childhood sandpit experience by using Kinetic Sand to make some pretend play food!

3 pretend play food ideas you can make make with Kinetic Sand

We were supplied a range of different Kinetic Sand products to experiment with. You don’t necessarily need all the colours, you could make some pretend food using only one (but of course, your platter of food would all be one colour). On a practical level, once the colours are mixed it’s a bit like play dough and stays mixed so keep that in mind too.

I found the Kinetic Beach Sand is coarser than the coloured Kinetic Shimmer Sand and holds together a bit more firmly, just like play dough. Perfect for a batch of pancakes or cookies!

Kinetic Sand Pancakes (or Sandcakes)

Pretend play pancakes made from sand!b Kinetic sand is mouldable real sand which is perfect for sensory play for kids #sensoryplay #playfood #pretendfood #messyfun #kidsactivities

Yep – you can really make pancakes and flip them with an egg flip. No guarantees you’ll catch it perfectly but it IS possible and fun to experiment with.

  1. Roll a ball of Kinetic Beach Sand into a sausage and cut into three sections
  2. Form each section into a round ball so they are all evenly-sized
  3. Use a rolling pin to roll each ball into a flat pancake, then slide them onto a plastic plate in a little pancake stack using an egg flip
  4. Form a strawberry shape using pink Kinetic Shimmer Sand, creating the dots with the rounded end of a paint brush
  5. Use a mini star-shaped cookie cutter to make the green top and carefully place onto the top of your strawberry
  6. Make some round blueberries to decorate from blue Kinetic Sand

Fun ways to extend sensory play with kinetic sand #sensoryplay #playfood #pretendfood #messyfun #kidsactivities

Use kinetic sand to create pretend play pancakes which stick together. This is a fun sensory play idea for kids #kineticsand #sandplay #pretendplay #kidsactivities #playfood #sensoryplay #sponsored

Kinetic Sand Cookies

I love that you can roll Kinetic Sand out like a batch of cookie dough! I’ve used the bright shimmer colours to make icing and decorations for mine

Make pretend play cookies from kinetic sand using cookie cutters and a rolling pin. This is a fun way to extend kinetic sand play with kids #kineticsand #sandplay #pretendplay #kidsactivities #playfood #sensoryplay #sponsored

create pretend play cookies from kinetic sand using cookie cutters and a rolling pin. This is a fun way to extend kinetic sand play with kids #kineticsand #sandplay #pretendplay #kidsactivities #playfood #sensoryplay #sponsored

  1. Roll a ball of Kinetic Beach Sand out with a rolling pin
  2. Use a round cookie cutter to punch cookie shapes out
  3. Place them on a plate
  4. Roll some coloured sand out thinly and punch shapes out using a slightly smaller round cookie cutter. Use an egg flip to carefully lift the shapes onto the cookies
  5. Decorate with a small shape in the centre

A fun way to play with kinetic sand

Easy steps to create pretend play cookies from kinetic sand using cookie cutters and a rolling pin. This is a fun way to extend kinetic sand play with kids #kineticsand #sandplay #pretendplay #kidsactivities #playfood #sensoryplay #sponsored

Kinetic Sand Ice Blocks

Ice blocks or posicles made from kinetic sand #sensoryplay #playfood #pretendfood #messyfun #kidsactivities

Make some tasty-looking Ice Blocks for a summers day (aka popsicles for our American friends)

  1. Make a small ball from Kinetic Sand
  2. Poke a craft stick into the centre
  3. Flatten and shape into an oblong ice-block shape
  4. Use a second craft stick to smooth the edges down and press two craft-stick shaped indents into the top

Kinetic sand play ideas for kids. Make popsicles using kinetic sand #sensoryplay #playfood #pretendfood #messyfun #kidsactivities

seasy steps to create pretend play ice blocks or popsicles from kinetic sand. This is a fun way to extend kinetic sand sensory play #kineticsand #sandplay #pretendplay #kidsactivities #playfood #sensoryplay #sponsored

Seriously, this is just the tip of the iceberg. What other treats could you make with Kinetic Sand?

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Kinetic sand fun sensory play product for kids #sensoryplay #playfood #pretendfood #messyfun #kidsactivities

You can find Kinetic Sand at Woolworths, Big W and Toy World.

More pretend play food ideas for kids:

• Make some DIY spaghetti and meatballs for the toy kitchen
• These mini sponge cakes look almost good enough to eat
• Cute home made rock cakes will compliment any toy tea set
• Paper cookies are a fun addition to any pretend play afternoon tea

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