Plastic Bottle with Wide-Mouth
Baby Oil
Water
Food Coloring whichever color you want.
Glitter (we use 1/24 sized glitter)
Note: It has been brought to my attention that using fine or super fine glitter may result in the glitter sticking to the sides of the sensory bottle.
Instructions:
1. Empty the plastic bottle (if it contained a non-water beverage, rinse out the bottle). Remove all labels from the bottle. If you have a hard time getting the sticky residue off, Goo Gone works wonders. I find that if I take my time and peel slowly, I can get the Voss labels off without any fuss.
2. Fill the bottom 1/2 of the bottle with baby oil.
3. Top the baby oil with a decent amount of silver glitter – covering the surface of the oil.
4. Add water to a glass (I used my 2-cup glass measuring device, because it conveniently has a pour spout)! Stir in approximately 8 drops of food coloring or as many drops of each until you’ve created the perfect color.
5. Fill the remainder of the bottle with the colored water, leaving just a bit of space under the cap free for the ingredients to move around.
6. Then, add a dab of hot glue around the inside of the cap, and quickly seal the bottle (you don’t want your child unscrewing a bottle full of colored water, glitter, and oil, inside your house).
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Butterflies 5/4/20
By Kara
Watch one of our butterflies drinking nectar from a flower using its proboscis!
Butterflies 4/30/20
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I was surprised this morning to see that one of our caterpillars - now a butterfly - has emerged from its chrysalis. One butterfly, four to go! Notice its proboscis - kind of like its tongue - moving in and out. That's how the butterfly will eat!
Caterpillars 4/24/20
Our caterpillars have all formed their chrysalises, and now it's time for them to be transferred into their new habitat as we wait for them to become butterflies!
Caterpillars 4/20/20
Here is one of our caterpillars hard at work forming its chrysalis!
By Kara
Caterpillars 4/16/20
Our caterpillars have been with me for almost a week and they have gotten much bigger in the past few days!
By Kara
Caterpillars 4/12/20
Here is the first view of our caterpillars.
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Help Kelly decide what foods are plants.
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