This New Year’s sensory bottle adds a bit of festive flair to any New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day celebrations. Even though it is especially for the kids, it can also fit in with the festivities and be set out as part of the decor.
Materials needed:
- empty water bottle (I used a Voss water bottle because I like the look of the lid)
- confetti
- silver or other festive curled ribbon
- numbers of the new year (we used small number shaped candles and cut the wicks off)
Fill the empty water bottle with water, almost to the very top. Add the numbers, the ribbon curls and the confetti and put the lid back on the bottle. If you are going to be using this snowflake sensory bottle with younger kids, you may want to secure the lid in place using a hot glue gun.
If you can’t find the wax candle numbers, you can use plastic numbers (like the magnetic kind) or foam ones. The trick is to make sure that they are small enough to fit in the bottle top but large enough to be seen in the midst of all that confetti!
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Snow Playdough Recipe:
Snow Playdough Invitation to Play:
Our neighbours were over playing and Mr. V. thought of using a pine cone as a stamp to create a pattern in the playdough. Such a cool idea! Little Miss J. used the cookie cutter and on the inside of the cutout created, she used the snowflake stamp. The result was so pretty.
A cookie recipe like this is especially handy for someone who isn’t gluten free and therefore doesn’t have gluten free flours in their kitchen. All you need is to buy a gluten free cake mix box. After that, all you’ll need is eggs, vegetable oil, and your choice of mix-ins and you’re set.
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I actually bought doubles of some of the items in the Spy Secrets kit I made my brother because after reading the book, I knew the importance and value of having something like a 
The kids will observe that the food colouring does dissolve in the water which means that it is also a polar liquid.
Put the lid on the bottle. If you are going to be using this snowflake sensory bottle with younger kids, you may want to secure the lid in place using a hot glue gun.
These paper plate crafts are perfect for doing with your kids or classroom students to prepare for the holidays or when stuck inside on a snow day. These crafts show that paper plates can be transformed into just about anything.
