{"id":3404,"date":"2011-08-22T15:49:33","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T19:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2011-08-25T17:04:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-25T21:04:18","slug":"moon-sand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/2011\/08\/moon-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"Moon Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Out of this World!&#8221;\u00a0 I had found some moon sand on clearance at Target, and thought it sounded like fun (and would be perfect for this theme) so I picked up a two-pack.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3405\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3405\" title=\"20110822_moon_sand1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is the moon really made of magenta and orange sand?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The verdict?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3406\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3406\" title=\"20110822_moon_sand2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#39;s nice that there are molds built right into the lids...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3407\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3407\" title=\"20110822_moon_sand3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand3.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We used paper plates to try to contain the mess.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3408\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3408\" title=\"20110822_moon_sand4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand4.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Well, filling the molds was fun, anyway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3409\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3409\" title=\"20110822_moon_sand5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/20110822_moon_sand5.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you look at the shapes too hard they fall apart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not nearly so much fun as playdough.\u00a0 The girls were pretty &#8220;meh&#8221; about this (though they were excited at the idea and the packaging) so after a little bit of trying to figure out what on earth we could do with our moon sand &#8211; it didn&#8217;t stay molded long enough to really build anything out of it &#8211; we gave up and went to the playground instead!\u00a0 Now we know why it was on clearance&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s theme is &#8220;Out of this World!&#8221;\u00a0 I had found some moon sand on clearance at Target, and thought it sounded like fun (and would be perfect for this theme) so I picked up a two-pack. 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