Sensory Bottle

One thing I absolutely love for kids is sensory play. I have so many ideas that I am just itching to let Morgan try! Today I made a sensory 'treasure' bottle.


Last night I went on a hunt around the house to find special objects to put inside. I tried to get a variety of textures, foods, colours and natural things. I had so fun choosing what to put inside! I also washed out the bottles and let them dry overnight.

Early this morning I put them all in the bottle and filled it with rice! Another SUPER easy project :)

At first I put too many objects in and it was a little too busy for me! I took out a lot of the bigger ones. It was much better after that!

I was trying to decide how to keep the top secured and my sister Maggie gave me this great suggestion: I hot glued around the mouth of the bottle and then screwed the top on… voila! Not only fun, but safe too!

For older kids, it would be great to use as an I-Spy game… but for now Morgan is enjoying it as a shaker. Just as well!

We had two surprise visitors for the morning (yay!), so the big girls got to try them out as well. Louise loved playing I-Spy, and Silvia enjoyed looking at all the colours and shapes hiding inside!

Lucky for the girls… I made an extra one for them to keep!

What a busy morning this turned out to be! Glad the girls came by to test out the bottle, I think they are big-kid approved! (And yes, I consider a toddler and a preschooler 'big kids' at this point!)

Have a GREAT day!