Sand Play!: Super SANDsational Ideas

by Terry Taylor

"A great book for budding sculptors with ideas for creating sand sculptures at three different levels of difficulty." — splashesintobooks
Sculpting sand is fun for kids of all ages — especially because the magical, mess-free material is easy to handle and can be used over and over again. This book features guidelines for using sculpting sand to create cute little creatures, including a crab, lizard, caterpillar, and monkey. Author Terry Taylor provides simple instructions and lots of colorful pictures for 18 projects, as well as plenty of helpful tips, including suggestions for tools and techniques.
Projects with one star are the easiest and ideal for beginners. Two-star projects are a little more complex, and the ones with three stars are the most advanced. Kids can build their sculpting expertise with simpler figures such as the clown, octopus, and butterfly and then move on to the frog, dragon, and peacock. Meanwhile, they'll develop skills that will help them express their personal creativity.

48 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 2014

Reviews

[Elaine - Splashes Into Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book for budding sculptors with ideas for creating sand sculptures at three different levels of difficulty. There are six easy, seven middle and five harder different projects. Guidance on tools, supplies, techniques and tips are given before the projects. The projects instructions are clearly given, step by step, complete with photographs of what should be done at each step.Most projects have eight steps (the exceptions to this are the octopus which only has seven whilst the peacock has sixteen!) On many of the projects there may be helpful tips or possible extension ideas that could be used. These projects are ones children will find appealing and be inspired by and there is nothing to stop readers finding alternative media in which to carry them out, too!

Thanks to the author and publishers for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this in exchange for this, an honest review.

[Marjorie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Given To Me For An Honest Review


Sand Play! by Terry Taylor is a book that belongs on every bookshelf and every classroom. It has great ideas for making different sand projects. There are six easy, 7 medium and 5 harder projects to choose from. Included for each one are a guide for the tools necessary, supplies, techniques and tips are given before each project. There are pictures of what each project should look like. But, of course children can just do what they want and create their own design. I recommend this to everyone and for every bookshelf. I look for more by Terry Taylor.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a free copy of Sand Play! through the Goodreads First Reads program. Somehow I had expected that it would be a book about making sand sculptures at the beach, but instead it describes how to make fairly small sand sculptures at home using a special sand designed for sculpting. I found the ideas to be cleaver, using for the most part ordinary items likely to be found around the house (paper clips, chopsticks, fork, etc.) It is photographs that show step by step how to create the intended creature. Maybe I will even try a few of the ideas with cookie or bread dough. But I'm not sure that it is worth sending to my beach-loving nephew.

[Cas H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sand Play by Terry Taylor is a super fun book with many ideas for how to mold craft sand.
I was hoping this book would help us use sand from the beach. I know that not everyone lives near the beach, but I was hoping.
That was the only complaint I had. Terry used tools from around the house, like straws or a butter knife. She also used cookie cutters. This book is an excellent way for kids who want to make cookies all the time, to create something and practice their techniques. Also using the special sand that you buy in stores, it is less messy.
I received a free copy of this book in return for my honest opinion
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars.

[Elle · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I picked up this book, I assumed it would be great beach prep but the sand used is sculpting sand with a variety of craft supplies. Nonetheless, this book will be fun for children of all ages because of the multilevel skill projects. The full color close up photographs are helpful in learning the sculpting techniques some of which could also be used with beach sand.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun book. I gave it to my 5-year-old niece for Christmas with kinetic sand. She played for hours with both.