This week is moon theme and what else could be more fun that a sensory bottle to go along with it.
Sensory bottles are so much fun! And this week we are making a glitter galaxy sensory bottle. To make a glitter sensory bottle you will need:
- A plastic bottle
- Blue food coloring
- Silver glitter
- Purple glitter
- Small bead stars
- Clear Glue
Why Make a Sensory bottle? Why are Sensory Bottles Important?
Sensory bottles main benefit is the direct connection to sensory play. Sensory play is a hands on way to expose children to the world around them and allow their brains to make important connection. Sensory bottles are used as an emotional regulator in toddlers, it is a great tool for tummy time activities for babies and it is use for language development in all children. Sensory bottles simply are a great sensory tool to make and enjoy.
Step by step guide video to make a Galaxy Sensory Bottle
Are you a visual person? then this guide will give you confidence when making your galaxy sensory bottle
Step 1: Add in the food color to the water
Step 2: Add in the glitter and confetti
I love making a mix of two glitter colors or confetti, this gives it a visual appeal and makes it more interesting to look. For this bottle I used silver confetti, and blue and pink glitter.
Step 3: Add in the glue
Clear clue is the magic ingredient that will make the glitter fall slow. The more glue, the slower your add-ons will fall.
Step 4: Add in the bead stars
The visual element in the galaxy sensory bottle will be the stars, after all that what we have in the galaxy! these will fall a lot faster than the glitter and confetti because they are heavier than the glitter.
Final Thoughts!
Creating a galaxy sensory bottle with glitter is a lot of fun! Although you can use soap instead of the glue, that tends to create a foam at the top that some people don’t like to see when shaking the bottle.
We loved how ours came out and even used it as an introduction element to our letter M lesson plan for THE MOON.
Other Sensory Bottles you might like
- Create a Glow in the dark sensory bottle
- Rainstick sensory bottle
- A traditional glitter sensory bottle
- A turkey sensory bottle
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Galaxy Sensory Bottle
Notes
- The amount of glue or soap and it’s thickness is what is going to make your stars and glitter fall down slowly. Add or reduce the amount of glue until you get the perfect speed you want.
- The weight of the glitter and confetti you get will vary from what I used so take that into account so that will affect the amount of glue or soap you will need
- Clear glue is a lot heavy and that clear dish soap and dish soap is heavier than hand soap. Depending on what you use you will need more or less to achieve the perfect speed. Just test it out.
- Don’t be afraid to dump out water and glue from the bottle if you are not getting the speed you want – kept testing amounts
- if you add too much glitter or confetti you might hide the stars (I did that on my first try) be easy on the glitter and add small amounts at a time
Ingredients
- 1 VOSS Plastic bottle (or similar)
- 1 drop of blue food coloring
- 1 tsp of pink fine grain glitter
- 1 tsp of blue fine grain glitter
- 1 tsp of silver confetti
- 1/4 cups clear glue or clear soap (hand or Dish soap works well)
- small bag of star beads
- Optional: Super Glu
Instructions
- Add warm water into the bottler about 3/4 of the way
- Add in 1 drop of food color to the water and mix well.
- Add in 1/4 of clear glue or soap to fill the bottle completely leaving about ½ inch from the top for air.
- Close the bottle and shake well to dissolve the glue with the water.
- Open the bottle again and pour in the blue and pink glitter and then the silver confetti
- Close the bottle and shake well
- Add in the star beads and shake again.
- Your sensory bottle is complete!
- Read the notes for troubleshooting tips
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