Sensory Bottles

I saw this idea on Pinterest months ago and I pinned it on my "For The Kids" board for when Landon was a bit older. I decided Landon is now at an age where he would enjoy playing with the bottles and seeing all of the stuff inside move around. This was such an easy project and I will definitely make more in the future.

I used the Voss water bottles because they're smooth plastic and it's very easy to see what's inside. You can really use any bottle you want, but I thought these were pretty. I ordered ours off Amazon, but a lot of people have found them at Home Goods, Marshalls, or TJ Maxx. I had no luck at any of those stores here in CT.

Left to right: Water with a tiny bit of light corn syrup and glitter, colored water and a little bit of dish soap, colored water and vegetable oil, baby oil and colored water with monster critters inside (kind of hard to see them here tho), water with plastic beads, light corn syrup with sequins. I crazy glued all of the lids and they're not coming off, but I do plan on adding a bit of clear tape to each lid for extra protection too.

Landon seems to really like these, especially the glitter one. He's too young to understand the science lessons, such as why the oil floats on top of the water, but he likes shaking the bottles, looking at everything inside, and trying to eat the bottle (of course). These were fun and easy to make and I think Landon will like them even more as he gets older.

Here are the sites I used for ideas for the sensory bottles:
Kid's Crafts
Pre-school Play
Discovery In Water Bottle