Indoor sandbox, minus the mess...maybe?

So, I had this idea to create an "indoor sandbox" using a variety of beans and rocks.  We have an actual sandbox outside but with the heat I thought it would be a good idea to have something indoors that the boys could play with.  I mostly did this for Benjamin because I knew he would love it.  He has a history of playing with beans.  Plus, I thought this would be a relatively mess-free activity...I was wrong.

Everything started off good.  All the beans are in the container.

Still lookin' good.  No mess.  I'm so smart to think of such a great, mess-free activity.

And then....

...millions of beans everywhere.

Silly momma, so naive to think that giving your children a container full of beans would be mess-free.

Oh well, I guess a million beans are still easier to clean up than a billion tiny grains of sand.

:)