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Sensory Bottles

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

Have you heard of sensory bottles? I hadn’t heard of them until I stumbled upon For the Love of Learning blog. Deborah has some neat ideas for little ones, including an array of sensory bottles. You should check out her blog!

We decided to make our own version of a sensory bottle. Here’s what we used:

*Voss water bottles (found at TJMaxx for $1.79 each…the water tastes really good, too!)

*glitter

*beads

*super glue

Supplies First, we dumped glitter in the bottles. Then we added the beads. Very simple! Troy used a funnel to put the supplies in.

Sensory Bottle Supplies Wes thought it would be fun to climb on the table…I’m sure no one else lets their child do this…right?!

Sensory Bottle 3

Discovering Sensory Bottle The boys wanted to touch the glitter water. It was fun for them to discovery what it felt like! (And they were surprised when the glitter stuck to their finger!)

Shaking Bottle  Gotta shake the bottle up real good! You can hot glue or super glue the lid if you’d like to.

sensory bottles This was a fun activity! Thank you Deborah for the inspiration!! What I loved about the sensory bottle was that Troy and Wes were discovering on their own. They were finding out how glitter felt, seeing how long it took for the bead to drop to the bottom, seeing if a few other objects they randomly put in would float or sink, and had fun rolling it and shaking it. We will be trying this out again with different materials soon!

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Comments

  1. Deborah says
    January 29, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    This is wonderful! I’m so glad you learned about discovery bottles through my site. They are just such fun to make. I love how you included pictures of your children making them with you. Thank you for mentioning me on your post! 🙂

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    • Teaching Mama says
      January 29, 2013 at 9:59 pm

      Thank you so much! Yes, I’m so glad I learned from your site as well. The kids had fun making them, too! Blessings to you!

      Reply
  2. Donna Lapp says
    October 22, 2014 at 4:35 am

    A retired teacher. Trying now to pass good ideas on to my great-grands. Love this idea.

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  3. Beckie says
    May 27, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    Thank you, just did these for my 4 year old and 2 year old they both love them, gonna make sure to make some extras and for out newborn

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  4. Sheena says
    January 12, 2016 at 4:58 am

    Have you tried these with say mineral oil to create a slower movement of the beads and oht er heavier items in the bottle?
    I tried these tonight and added just a bit of oil, the extra fine glitter I added seems attracted to the oil. lol
    also if you add color add just 1 – 2 drops of food color.
    Any more and it gets too dark to see the objects inside.
    😉

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    • Angela Thayer says
      January 12, 2016 at 6:01 am

      Great ideas!! We haven’t tried mineral oil, but I want to try it soon! I’m kind of obsessed with making busy bags- lol! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Gail Griffin says
    January 1, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    My Elementary Resource students loved to play with these when their work was finished! I might try making some with small objects that represent each students’ interests/ favorite things. Thanks for the great ideas!

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  6. Joanne says
    September 8, 2017 at 2:00 pm

    Baby oil is great as well and it does not turn yellowish with time.

    Reply

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