Moon Sand is the worst invention EVER!

Since the girls just LOVE to do arts and crafts, I thought this would be a fun activity for them. This time of the year it's too hot to be outside for too long and when you are outside the bugs will eat you alive. The commercial made it seem like it could be played with inside and not really make a big mess. Stupid me believed it and gave it a try. Sure the girls loved playing with it -- it's just like playing with moist beach sand. The problem is that it gets everywhere just like beach sand. I had a HUGE plastic mat on the floor PLUS large square containers for the girls to play with it in. Obviously it didn't stay in for too long. As they would make shapes and other things the sand would inevitably fall out over the sides and stick to their legs/arms/clothes. Then, before I could grab them, they would stand up to walk over and get something thus furthering the mess. When they were finished, I scraped off as much moon sand as I could from their legs and feet, but I could only get so much off. I then carried them to the bathtubs to rinse them off. Of course that made a HUGE mess in the bathtub that took forever to get clean. The sand just clung on to the sides of the bathtub. Even though it looks clean, you can still feel particles of it all over the bathtub. So as a cautionary tale to all of you parents/grand parents out there -- DO NOT BUY MOON SAND!!!!