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Glow In the Dark Sensory Bottle

by Angela Thayer 5 Comments

Hey there! I have a super simple sensory bottle to share with you all today. In fact, this glow-in-the-dark sensory bottle only needs 2 ingredients! You can make it in just a few minutes for your kids to play with.

Glow-in-the-dark sensory bottle

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Here’s what you need for this sensory bottle:

  • Elmer’s Glow-in-the-Dark Glue (I got mine at Target for around $4)
  • hot water
  • empty water bottle (I used a plastic VOSS bottle)

To make this, begin by squeezing the glue into the empty water bottle.

Then, heat about 1 cup of water in the microwave or on a stove. Make sure it’s pretty hot, but not too hot that it would melt the plastic bottle. I heated mine up for 1.5 minutes.

Then pour the hot water into the bottle. Make sure there’s a little bit of space left at the top of the bottle. Screw on the lid and shake it up for a few minutes.

The shaking helps the glue and water mix. You’ll also notice a little sparkle to this bottle because of the glitter. Before giving it to the kids to play with, make sure you glue the lid on! You don’t want any explosions. 🙂

You can take the bottle right into a dark room and see how it glows!

glow bottle

The bottle recommends leaving the glue in light for two minutes before taking it in the dark. We found that it worked really well and we didn’t need to let it sit in the light for very long.

This would be a fun bottle for your child to shake and play with the dark. Or I think it would be fun to have on the 4th of July! There are other colors of glue, which I hope to try out soon! And you could also add some beads or other objects to the bottle.

Let me know if you try this out!

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Filed Under: Sensory Play, Summer Activities Tagged With: sensory, sensory bottle, sensory play

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  1. Vanessa says

    July 14, 2019 at 10:58 pm

    How long does the glow last??

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    • Angela Thayer says

      July 22, 2019 at 6:55 pm

      It should last a long time, like months. If it fades, then you can recharge it in the sun for several minutes.

      Reply
  2. Ashley Hoeffken says

    February 18, 2019 at 5:59 pm

    Did you use the whole bottle of glue? If not, how much of it?

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    • Angela Thayer says

      February 18, 2019 at 7:08 pm

      Yes, I used the whole bottle. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Kyla Jocson says

    July 4, 2018 at 1:33 am

    Oh my I’m sure the kids would love this! It’s so easy to make and I’m sure they’d go nuts playing with it in the dark. Thanks for sharing this, Angels. Cheers!

    Reply
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