Picture frames that feel like a beach. Coffee mugs with sandy grip texture (seal them with a clear varnish, though, or your morning coffee will taste like gravel). A clock face with a sandy surface that looks like a zen garden. You can even paint furniture. A sand-painted bookshelf looks like it washed ashore from a shipwreck. Romantic, right?
How to Make Sand Colors (primary colors, paint and more)
Here’s the bonkers part: this paint can go outside. Sand-based paint is naturally durable. It’s like the stuff they use on sidewalks to prevent slipping. Paint a flower pot, a birdhouse, or a garden gnome that looks like it survived a sandstorm. The gnome will have more street cred than yours.