"Crystal Soil"

I ran across something on Pinterest recently that looked interesting.  The substance goes by a lot of names but I ordered "Crystal Soil".

Here is what you start with.

 Add water. Wait a few hours and this is what you get.

 I set up this little station for Malia.

 She loved it.  Played with it for probably a good half of an hour.

 It is a neat sensory activity.

 And also good for find motor skills (as she spooned some of them out.)

When Davey woke up from her nap, we revamped the set up because she was a bit wild and was sending the balls everywhere.  I put some in a cake pan and she loved them.

I highly recommend this activity as long as you know that they are slippery (and can shoot across a room with little effort) and if they are squished hard, they do break into pieces (which makes a bit of a mess).