I never used sand indoors, but rice or combinations of macaroni, or beans or oatmeal or cornmeal. My favorite is rice, I like playing in it myself. It sweeps or vacuums well. Five pounds stores nicely in an ice cream bucket.
Water gets messy, but the kids love it.
Bringing in snow in the winter is fun too. Sometimes I use big blocks of ice, and add salt shakers so kids can play with melting. All boards on this server are now Read Only . Please visit the Talking Page for the new location for this board, or click here to read about the changes . Please help us to keep our Bulletin Board rooms safe, clean and respectful.