A little bit of sparkle

Mix table salt with glitter in the lid of a biscuit tin to create a 'sparkledust tray'. Give the children some tools - sticks, spoons, forks, a wide-toothed comb - to make shapes, patterns, letters and numbers in the sparkledust. They might like to embellish or frame their designs with shells, buttons, pebbles or glass nuggets. Photograph the best creations, then give the tray a wiggle to flatten the sparkledust and start again.