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Rainbow Loom Sensory Bottle

by Angela Thayer 28 Comments

It’s time to share our April sensory bottle! Today I’m sharing a very simple bottle that looks so pretty! We added just one thing to our sensory bottle, but it was one of our favorites!

Rainbow Loom Sensory bottle Here’s what I used to create this sensory bottle:

  • Voss Plastic Water Bottles filled with water (use a plastic bottle, which can be found at some grocery stores or gas stations)
  • rainbow loom (99 cents at Hobby Lobby for a pack!)
  • Hot glue gun to glue the lid down

I love showing sensory bottles to my baby. He is 8 months old and is at an age where he really enjoys looking and playing with the sensory bottles. As he gets older, he will be able to handle the bottles better on his own.

Rainbow loom is a great item to add to a sensory bottle. The bands swirled around nicely whenever we shook the bottle or tipped it upside down. They looked beautiful floating in the tall bottle!

bottle

discovery bottle

The rainbow bands really captured my son’s attention!

baby sensory bottle

You can use the sensory bottle to play with babies with the following:

  • shake the bottle and show the bottle to baby
  • let the baby shake the bottle
  • roll the bottle

This bottle can also be used with toddlers and preschoolers. Just watching the rainbow bands swirl around is a calming activity…I even enjoyed it!

Rainbow Sensory Bottle

We love to make all kinds of sensory bottles. To see all of them, visit here.

Disclosure: Please make this bottle ahead of time and keep all rainbow loom bands away from small children. Make sure to glue the lid on so the bottle does not spill. Please always supervise your child while doing activities.

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Comments

  1. Emma Henderson says
    April 7, 2015 at 1:39 pm

    This is a simple and great idea. I love it when the simplest ideas turn out to be the best.

    Reply
  2. joanne leone says
    April 10, 2015 at 9:47 pm

    is it just water in bottle ?? or oil ?

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      April 10, 2015 at 10:31 pm

      It is just water 🙂

      Reply
  3. Priya says
    April 12, 2015 at 1:11 pm

    Can anyone please say where we gt these kinds of bottle?

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      April 12, 2015 at 6:17 pm

      We’ve found the plastic Voss bottles at grocery stores, gas stations, Walgreens, and TJ Maxx. They are hard to find on Amazon. I can only find the glass bottles on Amazon, which is why I don’t link to them. Hope that helps!

      Reply
      • Kris says
        August 28, 2016 at 4:08 pm

        Target

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      • Ginni Cronin says
        October 3, 2016 at 6:46 pm

        A lot of grocery stores sell VOSS water in the water aisle. It’s expensive if you are making them for more than one child so I would suggest you drink the VOSS water and fill it with tap water.

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    • Camille Lachney says
      June 28, 2015 at 3:20 am

      You can find them at the gas station and some grocery stores. I never heard of the brand until my sister told me about it.

      Reply
    • Jackie says
      April 28, 2019 at 10:17 am

      I got a similar bottle for under $2 at Michaels.

      Reply
  4. Stefanie says
    April 16, 2015 at 5:08 pm

    I’ve made these with many different things. Instead of buying a special bottle you can recycle soda or juice bottles. Any clear plastic container you can glue the lid on and a kid can handle will work.

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      April 16, 2015 at 8:29 pm

      Yes, you definitely can use other bottles!! Thanks for sharing your ideas, Stefanie.

      Reply
  5. Jillian says
    April 18, 2015 at 12:12 am

    Its Beautiful!

    Reply
  6. lucy says
    May 18, 2015 at 6:37 pm

    Great idea. Am thinking of making one for a boy I work with as he loves looking at things that float and move.

    Reply
  7. Doris says
    June 2, 2015 at 3:51 pm

    Great ideas, thanks for sharing please keep them coming. Enjoying them so vey much…….

    Reply
  8. Catherine @craftykaki says
    June 10, 2015 at 7:46 pm

    Yes! I love sensory bottles! I never thought to put loom bands in one. What a great idea!

    Reply
  9. Marcela Paolicchi says
    June 26, 2015 at 2:51 pm

    I love it, I will make one for my twins, thanks!

    Reply
  10. Angelika says
    June 26, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    hi , I was wondering , did you put just water in or water and baby oil aswell ? Thanks, Angelika

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      June 27, 2015 at 2:18 am

      I just put tap water in the bottle. You could definitely try baby oil with water!

      Reply
  11. Carole Dent says
    June 26, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    What a fantastic idea, I will look forward to making one for my grandchildren and I was wondering if you had tried any other things that we find around the house?

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      July 2, 2015 at 1:56 pm

      We’ve used items such as glitter, googly eyes, beads, cut up straws, confetti, food coloring, and vegetable oil. You can see all our bottles here: https://teachingmama.org/?s=sensory+bottle

      Reply
  12. Mary H says
    June 29, 2015 at 7:38 am

    Thank you for this brilliant idea! We did one today! https://instagram.com/p/4gUGlyPjw3/

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      July 2, 2015 at 1:51 pm

      Aww thanks for sharing. She’s so cute!! And thanks for linking back to my site 🙂

      Reply
  13. Ms S says
    November 28, 2015 at 11:48 pm

    I love this! My niece and I used some of her loom bands to make one for my baby. I found that adding some glycerine to the water kept the bands swirling for longer, and allowed my niece to make a loom band tornado by twirling the bottle just so.
    Ms S recently posted…Sensory Bottles in SecondsMy Profile

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    • Angela Thayer says
      November 29, 2015 at 1:12 am

      That’s a great idea! Thanks for sharing 🙂

      Reply
  14. Sandy in SoCal says
    April 19, 2016 at 2:36 am

    I am SO GLAD I saw this just now…I have a TON of rainbow loom rubber bands set aside for my next garage sale! Not anymore! BTW, I find Voss bottles at Albertson’s here in SoCal…usually in the water aisle on the top shelf. I have made several sensory bottles, and this one will soon be added to my collection! Thank you from a new follower!!

    Reply
  15. Waleed marwat says
    September 27, 2016 at 2:35 pm

    I was just wondering did you add Oil to the water? It looks so much fun, kids around me are going to love it.

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      September 28, 2016 at 2:50 am

      Hello! I did not use oil. Just water!

      Reply

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