Moms Are Grinding Cheerios In Blenders To Make Edible Sand For Their Kids

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There’s an unexplainable gravitational pull that draws your kid’s handful of sand right into their mouth. ‘Cause let’s be honest, kids would live on any non-edible, “don’t-touch-it,” and plain dangerous diet if they could.

So imagine what a relief came over parents when one mom shared an “edible sand” recipe on her TikTok. Hailed as simply “genius,” the sand takes a minute to make and all you need are some Cheerios and a blender. Elle Anna Christine posted the TikTok showing her blending the Cheerios and laying them all out on a tray. She then added some beach-themed toys as decoration. The video was viewed a whopping 2.6M times and has since been bouncing around from one mom to another. And it feels like summertime has come, if not for you, then at least for your little one.

This mom shared the “edible sand” recipe on TikTok and it went viral

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Bored Panda contacted 23-year-old mom Elle Anna Christine from Illinois, who’s behind the viral TikTok video. Elle Anna said that “there aren’t many beaches around us, so I wanted to make my daughter one that was safe to play in.”

Her daughter Amara, who’s 7 months old, absolutely loved the idea, but “she didn’t eat very much of it.” Mom suspects that it’s because “she doesn’t have coordination yet, so she could barely pick up any of it.” The “edible sand” may work better for kids slightly older than Amara’s age. But just like most kids her age, Amara “is really into touching everything and putting everything in her mouth right now.”

Elle Anna would definitely recommend trying the sand out because it’s a lot of fun, but it’s better to be done outdoors “since the process is pretty messy.” The Illinois-based mom said she has done more edible crafts on her TikTok, like “putting a couple of Amara’s toys in jello last week,” but the “edible sand” is the biggest one so far.