Craft Sand

[Rainbow1]

I was looking for some craft sand to stand my mandrels up in after reading that someone else on hear uses the red stuff from Ikea. I didn't really want to trail to my nearest Ikea just for some sand.

I had a look on the net and found some, see link below, just wanted to share with anyone who might be interested.

http://www.rista.co.uk/?gclid=CLSticC-vKUCFUxO4Qodui24Yw

Jo x

[turnedlight]

Ooh, some interesting things there! Thank you.

[Lush!]

I use rice, cheap and cheerful and you might already have some at the back of your cupboard 

[dinah46]

I just nicked the sand from the grandkids sandpit

[sarah t]

i use rice in a large flower pot too  (in the shed) and stick them in some polystyrene in the house while waiting for them to dry as it is too cold in the shed ..i would not buy anything special just have a look round and see what you have got  

[Redkite]

I just nicked the sand from the grandkids sandpit

Ditto!

[mizgeorge]

Yep. Mine's playsand too.

[hollergrafik]

I live opposite the beach

[Rainbow1]

Wish I lived near the beach, lucky you.

I read on  here that normal sand sticks to the mandrels thus the reason why I was looking into alternatives.

Jo x

[sparrow]

I use cat litter  Thanks for the link!

[hollergrafik]

Kiln dried sand (commercial as opposed to doing it yourself) wont stick to mandrels, you can get it in B and Q etc, its the stuff used for block paving so it goes between rather than sticking.

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

lentils

[Blue Box Studio]

Vermiculite in old bean tins or bottom of 2 litre milk cartons.  I had to do something with the big bag of vermiculite once I bought annealling bubbles.  Perhaps Kirsty could find a use for it? 

[Phoenix*]

I use a couple of florists oasis blocks sat in a roasting tin..left in their vacuum plastic and just poke the mandrels in 

[awrylemming]

I rather like the idea of prettying up my new desk with some sparkly sand to shove my mandrels in - and I'm going to get some.  Thanks for the link, lovely