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.
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.
Paper Plate Snowglobe:
For this step, you can use either paint or permanent markers. We chose to use both. The kids used paint for the larger things such as the snowman shape and trees. They then added the finer details such as the snowman face, arms and buttons using the permanent markers.
I just need to add a note here: I’m a bit of a spelling nerd and I do realize that snow globe is two words, but it turns out that most people spell it as one word when they are typing it into a search engine. For the purpose of people being able to find it, I am spelling it snowglobe!
These time capsule ornaments are really simple to make and could become an annual tradition at our house. They would also be cute to make to commemorate special milestones such as weddings, adoptions or births and can be made as a memorial ornament as well.
I asked my kids for their favourite memories from the year and they each gave several, but then Snuggle Puppy mentioned that he’d like to add his 
These family time capsule ornaments are so simple to create but carry such meaning. They make a lovely gift for grandparents as well.
Materials needed:
This simple baby Jesus in a manger craft is perfect for making after reading the Christmas story to your kids.