A mum has gone viral after sharing her simple hack for making an edible sandpit for her baby — and all you need is one ingredient that you'll likely already have in your home Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Introducing your little one to new textures and materials is a crucial part of their development — a significant part of this being 'oral exploring'. When your baby is in the stage of popping everything in their mouth, they are learning how their environment feels and tastes. However, not every material is safe for your children to put in their mouths no matter how fun it is to play with.
Sand is one of them — but one inventive mum has come up with a creative solution. Elle Anna, who posts online as @ellethevirgo , went viral after she made an edible sandpit for her baby to play in — and it cost just £3. The mum was seen loading plain Cheerios into a blender and grinding them down into a fine powder, which feels similar to sand.
She then poured it out onto a tray with some sand toys and repeated the steps until it was covered. The hack, which her baby seemed to have fun with, gained more than 392,000 likes on social media. TikTok users took to the comments hailing her a 'genius' for the hack.
One user said: "Wait, what? Holy hell this is genius," as another added: "Yess!! So if.