Create Sand Art Bottles at the Beach
Have fun using the sand from the beach to create these sand art bottles. This craft utilizes the colored sand I showed you last week.
Our spring break trip to the Gulf was awesome! We enjoyed many walks on the beach and playing in the sand. Our activities included coloring sand with food coloring and using it to make sand castles and colorful designs. We also used the colored sand to make these sand art bottles.
Sand Art Bottles with Beach Sand
Supplies
Sand
Food Coloring
Plastic Bags
Empty Bottles
Funnel or Cup with Spout
Wooden Skewer or Thin Stick
Directions
Color the sand in desired colors. You can find directions on how to do this here.
Open your bottle.
Pour the sand into the bottle. You can use a funnel or spout. Our funnel was narrow, so we pushed the sand down with a wooden skewer.
Gently tap down the bottle as you go. Do not shake the bottle.
Continue to layer various colors of sand until you’ve reached the top of the bottle.
Tap the bottle and add more sand if necessary. You want it to go all the way to the top of the bottle. The sand will settle, so make sure it’s really full!
Place the cap on the bottle and display.
I picked up my tall bottles at a dollar store. You can see from the supplies photo that the one was a vinegar bottle. I removed the spout that was on the top and added a cork from a wine bottle. The cork was too big, so I whittled it down with a knife. We are displaying it with the vinegar label in the back. I plan on hot gluing a shell we got at the beach to the top of the cork. Our short bottle is just a food jar we had on hand. It looks like it held maraschino cherries.
I like how my son used some uncolored sand in his sand art bottle. It looks really good!
I hope you’ve enjoyed this beach craft. You should take supplies with you the next time you go to the beach. Any oceanside trips in the works for your family?
Thank you, Emily!
My kids always want to do sand art at the school fairs, and those always drive me crazy, but I love that this is sand from your vacation, that makes it meaningful! Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty
You are welcome!!
This is so cool! Thanks for sharing at I’m Lovin It Link party.
Yes. My kids put them on their bookshelves to display.
Yes, to the beach to play and relax!
This is just the best idea! Get me to a beach so I can make these!
These came out really pretty – love how colorful they are. And they’ll make wonderful souvenirs for you kids long after the beach days are over.
Yes! I think it would work with sand from the hardware store!
What a fan activity for the beach! We don’t have a beach nearby but I’ll have to buy a little bag of sand because my kids will love this!
She’s love it Cami!
This is AWESOME Diana, for some reason I never thought of dying sand with food coloring, so clever! I’m definitely trying this with my girl soon! LOVE it!
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It was so much fun that mom & dad participated!
Love this idea too! Such great activities for the kids, so mom and dad can try to read a book!
Thanks Rachael!
I can not believe how cute this is. I absolutely love it so much. I am definitely going to do this on my next beach trip.
Yes, kids of all ages. My teen loved making his!!
Yes!! Beach memories!
Think of all the fun designs they can make!
This looks like so much fun! My boys would have a blast making these!
Love this! It would be a great idea to do on vacation, a keep sake of a beach trip.
This is soo cool! Bet my boys would have a blast doing this.
The colors do have a retro feel to them! It was so much fun!
We had one big craft day that was lots of fun. I should have turned it into a party!!
We all need a beach!!
Those kits are pricey! Just DIY it!!
I have always loved sand art, but hated the price of purchasing colored sand. I never knew you could dye it yourself! This is awesome! I can’t wait to do this with my children when we go to the beach this summer.
Another great idea for fun at the beach. Now I just need to find a beach to go to! 🙂
This is so creative! WOW!! What a fun kids activity to do at the beach! Sounds like a fun party idea too! Pinned for future reference!
Very retro!! I love these – I used to have a shelf full of them.