Calm Down Bottles With Glue
Use a toothpick or cotton swab to assist in scraping the glue out of the slender tubes.
Calm down bottles with glue. This is typically made with a glass mason jar but since i often make these with children i use water bottles. Add more water if you want your sensory bottle diy to move faster and add clear liquid handsoap or glitter glue or clear tacky glue if you want it to move slower. Add glitter start with a tablespoon or so. Pour elmer s clear glue and hot water into the mixing bowl along with some liquid watercolor or food coloring and glitter.
Super glue or hot glue the lid shut when you re finished. That s it if you want you can glue the lid especially if you make this calming jar for kids. 11 must make calm down jars. Fill your bottle about 1 8 to 1 3 full with glue.
Take a deep breath as you watch your child pour glitter everywhere but inside the bottle. I added water in a container and then mixed color blue and red to make a purplish color for galaxy then added blue chunky glitter silver glitter and fine golden glitter. Stir the glue to distribute it throughout the water and break up any clumps. The more glue you add the longer it will take for the glitter to settle after shaking.
Drink the water from the voss bottle and remove the label. Fill the rest of the bottle with water. Then mix up those secondary colors. Use rubbing alcohol on a cloth or paper towel to scrub off the residue from the sticker.
Usually it s one bottle of glue per bottle. Shake to mix and then add the gemstones glitter sequins sea shells etc and a drop or two of blue food colouring if you used clear glue. Travel size calm down jar this is pretty much the cutest thing ever. Next add the glue to each bottle.
I like using regular glue so i don t have. When everything is blended mix vigorously then pour right away into the water bottle. Glitter calm down bottle this is a great place to start with the basic calm down bottle. For small calm down jars a single tube will likely do the trick.
Here s a great post explaining why calm down bottles work so well. Now mix with the whisk. Keep topping your sensory bottle off with more water clear liquid hand soap glitter glue or tacky glue while allowing the bubbles to rise to the top. For larger containers use 1 2 small tubes of glitter glue.
This calm down jar is made with about 20 glue 80 water and as much glitter as desired. Add some water to the bottle and squeeze in some glue. To make our glitter bottles we decided to use it as a mini science experiment for color mixing. Fill the bottles with water and add the appropriate food coloring to each bottle.
One bottle of clear glue not white glue that dries clear or glitter glue.