Gift Guide

Sand Art Stress Relief Gifts for Adults

Many of us have a loved one who we feel could do with taking a little more time out to relax, this could be at work or at home.

A gift of a simple but beautiful sand tray is one way to help a loved one take a moment to relax, switch off and do something with the creative part of their brain, even during or after a busy day.

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Why do Sand Art Sets make great gifts for Adults?

Play isn't just for children, artistic play and expression are things that are just as important to us as adults to engage the creative parts of our brains.

It is easy to let these things slip away from us as daily adult life means there's always something urgent. That's why Sand Art Sets such as Olander Eartthwork's Wonderscapes make such great gifts: they are easy to fit around our busy lifestyles while still taking us out of what we are doing, or worrying about.

11" Sea Cave Wonderscape

Featured Wonderscape

11" Sea Cave Wonderscape

CHF 138.00

Made to order

A beautiful gift for anyone who likes blues and marine colors and shades. Ideal for a home or office by the sea or for a loved one who has moved away from the sea and can be taken back by the touch of the sand, and organic shell-like spheres.

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A Beautiful Housewarming Gift

Wonderscape Sand Tray Sets are a great housewarming gift, even for that family or couple who seem to have everything.

The sets come in a wide range of shades so you can choose just the right one to match their tastes, from sea shades to earth tones or brights.

Wonderscapes can be found in almost any type of room, from cozy dens to living room coffee tables, on bedside tables and even ready to be used outside in the garden.

After a busy day of work many Wonderscape fans take a moment to breath and rebalance with some pattern making as a ritual to switch from work into family mode.

Prickly Pair | 7" Wonderscape

Small desk ritual

Prickly Pair | 7" Wonderscape

CHF 67.00

Made to order

One of our smaller Wonderscapes, this is ideal for use on a desk, taking up less space but still offering plenty of potential for creativity. While colleagues may hide their plastic fidget spinners under the desk, this is a stress relief toy to have on show.

A thoughtful gift for anyone you feel could do with a time-out from time-to time.

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Olander sand garden near a desk for a short screen-free workday pause

Gifting Ideas

Anxiety Relief Gifts

Sometimes when a friend or loved one is going through a tough time it is difficult to know how to help. We know just being there is the most important thing but we may want to do something else.

If someone is suffering from anxiety, stress or going through grief: sand art gifts can be a way to support them and make them feel supported even when communication is difficult. Many therapists use sand play and and art therapy to help individuals.

Using the creative parts of our brain can help break cycles of negative thoughts or clear our minds with many people finding clarity after the reset that sand play and other creative activities allow.

It also encourages those who may be too focused on helping and supporting others to take some more moments for themselves, most of us know someone in this situation, often a family member.

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Flora & Fauna | 12" Classic Wonderscape

Color-forward sand garden

Flora & Fauna | 12" Classic Wonderscape

CHF 174.00

NewMade to order

Brighten up someone's day with a fabulously bright spectrum of color in this 12 inch Wonderscape, one of the newest items in Olander Earthwork's range but already a favorite of many.

Each Wonderscape comes in beautiful packaging with everything that is needed, the tray, fine crystaline sand and the spheres themselves. Each is handmade and so even the spheres of the same patterns are each slightly unique.

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More Gift Ideas: Sets, Forms and Trays to Explore

Explore more of our products including full sets as well as additional sand spheres and forms to gift a Wonderscape fan to add to their collection.

A complete Olander Wonderscape sand garden with patterned sand

Complete sand gardens

Wonderscapes

Handmade wooden trays, fine crystalline sand, and sculptural concrete forms for rolling, smoothing, and open-ended pattern play.

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A natural circular sand tray by Olander Earthworks

Sand tray base

Sand Trays

Tray options for people building a tabletop sand object, replacing a rake-based mini garden, or expanding an existing setup.

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Common questions

What Ages are Wonderscapes for?

Wonderscape Sand Tray Sets are for all ages, from young children (with adult supervision) up to adults of all ages.

They are particularly popular with adults as they feel like a grown up toy, beautifully made, but still allowing play and creative freedom.

What Types of Sand Art Gifts are Available?

As well as Olander Earthwork's Wonderscapes there are other types of Sand Art Gifts available to suit different tastes including sets aimed specifically at Sand Art Therapy.