A Mostly Homemade Christmas (part 3)
November 30th, 2007
I first read about Discovery Bottles from the amazing Theresa at La Paz Home Learning. I decided they would make a great Christmas present for Fritz. So Santa enlisted my help to make a dozen. I am so excited for Fritz to get them and really play with them (okay, so he’s done some “testing” of them already).
The basics for all of them are the same. We got a dozen of the little 8 oz water bottles and drank the water and removed the labels (and used a little Goo Gone to get rid of the little bit of glue that held on the labels). Then I filled them with various things to make them lots of fun. I hot glued the tops on so Fritz can’t get them off.
Crayon Shavings Bottle - crayons shavings and water
Bubble Bottle - water and a couple drops of dishwashing liquid
ABC Bottle - pom pom filler and alphabet beads
Eye Bottle - corn syrup, yellow food coloring, and googly eyes
Ocean Bottle - water, mineral oil, and blue food coloring
Lava Bottle - water, mineral oil, red food coloring, and a little glitter
Sound Bottle - pony beads
Quiet Bottle - corn syrup and pony beads
Jingle Bottle - pom pom filler and jingle bells
Beach Bottle - sand, shells, and a little glitter
Viscosity Bottle - pink hair gel and marbles
Glitter Bottle - water, green food coloring, and lots of glitter
Oh, Heather, these are great! Fritz is gonna love them. I think I’d be partial to the Ocean bottle. It reminds me of the beach. And I love being at the beach. So, since he’s done a ‘bit’ of testing, were you able to gauge his reaction?
Your bottles look awesome! Great idea about the pompom filler. I’ll have to try that. I am re-doing a few of ours that are not working well, so thanks for the ideas!
Those are so cool! I love the viscosity bottle.
I LOVE this idea!!!!! I found this recently and tried it but I can’t seem to get the hot glue right and had water leaking out, how do you do it?
BTW, I am one of Alison’s friends!! LOL
I love them!
What a lucky boy little Fritzy is!
I’ve been wanting to make some of these for Landen, I did it with my preschoolers when I taught, we did it together. Thanks for the reminder!