Like most kids, my lot love sand – building castles, digging, making their own creations. I have to admit, I am not quite so keen on it – especially the sand sets that are designed to be used indoors – you know the sort. I just end up finding sand everywhere for weeks on end, and feeling it under my feet when I walk around the house. Drives me nuts.
So when we were offered the chance to review the new Kinetic Sand Bakery Boutique, I was dubious. But in the name of research, we decided to give it a go.
Kinetic Sand is a mouldable, squashable sand which sticks to itself. It will flow through your fingers, much like a slow moving liquid, but your hands remain dry and sand free. It also claims to never dry out – we have so far had this set for about 3 weeks and I can confirm that the sand is exactly the same consistency as it was when we opened it.
The Bakery Boutique comes with 2 colours of sand, and all the pieces you need to create cakes and bakery treats. You can keep the colours separate or mix them together to make a new colour. There are heart and flower moulds which you can use to make decorations for the cakes, and a rotating cake stand to display things on.
The box itself opens out into a playset, where you can display and store all your creations. The box does fold down again for storage, but bear in mind it is a cardboard box, so after a few uses it can get a bit bendy and tatty.
Overall, the children have loved the Kinetic Sand Bakery Boutique. The set is simple to use, great for a really wide range of ages, and would be a perfect present for a birthday or special occasion. In regards to the sand getting all over the place – this is nothing like normal sand. It really does stick together, so you get very little waste and very little mess. I won’t pretend that you end up with no sand in the house, but it is a small amount compared to the mess you would get with a traditional sand craft set.
Looks like great fun, when we used kinetic sand it seemed to crumble and go allover the spot!
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This looks fab. I might look at a different set for my son as it’s his birthday in August. #triedtested lifeinthemumslane
what a fab product, I’m going to look at getting this for my sons christmas. A great alternative to playdough #triedtested
Yep, we’ve been through the messy mood sand years but our girls are wanting to get this new kinetic sand and they are 9 and 13! All of the fun of moonsand with less mess! Awesome 🙂 #triedandtested
My boy is just getting into things like this and he loves playing with sand so I’ll have to check this out for him. I’m like you, I hate finding loads of mess from sets like this all of over the place but it’s good to know that with kinetic sand it’s minimal #triedtested
this sounds much better than regular sand. I am pretty terrible at crafts because of the mess but it doesn’t sound too messy. Love the bright colours too #triedtested
Oh we have kinetic sand, it’s great isn’t it!
I love the fact it doesn’t make a mess too 🙂 #triedtested
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Love the idea that it doesn’t make a mess! #TriedTested
I love the fact that it doesn’t dry out. I’m fed up with finding bits of dried up playdough in random places around my house. I bet my daughter would love this!
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This looks really good and something that I have looked at before for Mia but haven’t got round to buying yet! I like the display box idea and I know that Mia would enjoy playing with the sand. I think I would be happy to let her play with it too as I’m not keen on loads of mess (we had an ‘incident’ with green paint and the kitchen floor a while ago!!) but this looks good! 🙂
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Fantastic creations! Looks really cool! I’d love to try this at home, perfect for a rainy day activity 🙂 #triedtested
This looks like lots of fun and I like that there is less mess than normal sand. Boo has a little sand pit in the garden and there is always sand everywhere in the garden and in the house
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It’s like some sort of crazy space age material isn’t it! I can’t get my head around it. I must look at treating the kids to some.
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This sounds like it would be great for Toby – I hate sand, it’s bad enough outside, I can’t imagine ever letting it in my house! Thanks for hosting Tried & Tested 🙂
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This sounds great, my little boy loves playdoh, think he would love this too #triedtested
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I like the sound of this – especially given that the mess is minimal compared with other sand play packs and those cakes look very good. Thanks for hosting #TriedTested
My boy loves his indoor play sand but I hardly ever get it out because it goes everywhere!!I like the sound of this kinetic sand, will have to look in to it more as Leo’s birthday is approaching and he loves stuff like this xx #TriedTested
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It does look like your kids had great fun! I love that the box is also a display cabinet for the creations.
I know what you mean about sand. I was very excited as we have recently (finally!) made a sand pit for my 3 year old. I was much less excited after the first time he used it. The sand was wet, and he carried so much of it on his clothes and into the house! At least he is loving it…
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This looks great. I’ve heard of kinetic sand before but I always wonder about the mess as not keen on the idea of sand everywhere. Might try especially if it’s not too messy
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Monkey is obsessed with kinetic sand! He loves it so much. Such s great Burthday present idea too as I don’t know a kid that doesn’t just love it! Thanks for hosting #TriedTested x