This week we did a very fun yet simple activity with Zayd. I have wanted to get one of those sand boxes for homeschooling but since they are very expensive and I wasn’t able to hunt them down here in Qatar. I decided to make our very own tray by up-cycling.
To begin with, I made coloured salt using food coloring and salt. Put them in a ziplock bag and gave it a good shake until I had coloured salt. That’s it.
For the tray, I reused an old packaging we saved from our iPad. Apple makes really sturdy and minimal cartons. I thought it’d look perfect for a writing tray.
I covered the inside of the box with plain white A4 size paper and glue. Also secured the border of the box with transparent tape. That’s all I did for the tray.
Zayd had a blast writing the numbers in salt with finger. Later on he wanted to try it with pencil. It felt so happy and I’m satisfied with the way the whole activity turned it.
You should totally give it a shot. It’s easy and simple yet so much fun for children.
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I really love this easy DIY activity with kids will surely going to try it with my son, it seems so much fun and simple way to learn!!
Oh I do this with my son. He loves writing in the sand. Now he has learnt his alphabets and numbers so we write less in the sand.
This is really creative.. Loved the idea of this DIY… This activity will help kids to improve their motor skills which will definitely help them in longer run. Thanks for sharing.
I loved to. My son is at the perfect age to use this diy. Sometimes when he don’t feel like writing in his notebook, this tray is going to come handy.
Loved this diy tray. My son is at a perfect age for me to make one for him. Sometimes he is not in a mood to do letter writing on a notebook, this tray will come very handy.
This is such a wonderful idea! I will definitely be trying this at home and I am sure my son will be very excited about it too!
Now my girls are big but I loved this Diy salt tray idea so much. I am sure it work great for little kids and they will learn writing while having fun. Thanks for sharing this amazing idea.
This is such a superb idea for creating a DIY sandbox. Even I was looking for a sandbox for my son, now will try this method and make this on our own. Thanks for sharing!
I loved this Diy salt tray idea so much. I am sure it work great for little kids . Though my daughter is big now but will recommend to my niece
Great idea, Ruchi..sharing this with my DIL so that she can train my grandson Amir to write on the sand.
This DIY Sand kit activity is so good that makes the learning more fun and kids love to play with the sand. I too have a sand in a box, shall shift it to a rectangular box like this.
I have a pre schooler and he loves DIY salt or rawa trays for practicing pre writing skills. Wish we had this kind of insight in our childhood. But we did learn 😏 inspite of traditional methods of learning that existed at our times.
What a lovely idea I like the simple d i y and how much fun and creative it is great way to keep the kiddos busy while they are learning.
Such activities are really good for kids vah are grasping the learning early in the age such easy DIY is always fun to do with them
This is a perfect way to teach and help kids to learn letters and trace shapes. I use to do this with my son.
This is a good DIY and I like that it’s easy to make, has safe ingredients and can be stored and recycled easily. Will try this with my daughter.
This Salt tray activity has rea;lly helped my girls in learning Alphabets and numbers. I now use this trick to teach my younger one CVC words. I am sure your blog will help many moms. Thanks for sharing this.
What a helpful and lovely read. This easy DIY activity is easy to execute and so much fun…No frills. This is what makes it so interesting. Loved it.