Fun with Sand and Shells

I lived in Tucson for three years. Once a summer, I got to drive back to Salem for a month. One year, I went to the beach down at Coos Bay. I took a bucket and scooper, and collected about 2 lbs of sand, shells, driftwood, and pretty rocks. Then I went to the ocean, and collected about 2 liters of water. When I got to my daughter's, I separated the sand, shells, wood and water into baby food jars for everyone back home.

You can do something similar even if you don't live close to the ocean. "Play sand" is available in any home improvement store, and you can get shells, driftwood, and rocks from the Dollar Tree. Just add them all together and use regular tap water. I sealed mine with E6000 glue and decorated the top with paint, and sand mixed together, so that it looked like the sand was green and blue.

By Sandi/Poor But Proud from Salem, OR