Shape It! Sand 5lb

We don't all have access to a local beach on which to do our metal casting. If you do have access to a beach, go for it, have a blast, just don't send us photos. Nobody else wants to see your beach photos while we're sitting at home in a landlocked state. Just quit it, Amanda.

If, however, you're nowhere near a beach, you're going to need to get yourself some nearer sand for metal casting. In particular, I like the Shape It! Sand (available under a few different brand names). Shape It! stays nice and moist thanks to some polymer additives that stay permanently moist, letting the sand pack together well into whatever little butter tub (or similar container - maybe something metal just in case the molten tin - because that's what I use in class) you're going to be pouring your metal.

And the best price around for Shape It! Sand is at Fat Brain Toys, $24.99 (link and price updated 7/5/18) for five pounds of the stuff in just about any color you could imagine (as long as you don't imagine orange.)