We had a request for shaky bottles from O's Aunt for his cousin T. He loved O's set when he was at our house so for his birthday we got to work.
O helped pour the water. Yes, some of it made it in the bottle.
But, this happened too.
I added the food coloring to the water and O was in charge of shaking it up.
Getting fancy, two at one time!
The complete set.
Packing them up in the gift bag, also made by O.
And the birthday boy opening his gift!
(In this picture you can also see O flirting with one of the older girls at the party)
Most people look at these and say "What are those?" Well, they are really anything that your little one wants them to be. In our house they are used for shaking, stacking, putting into and taking out of things like baskets and bags, looking through to see the world in a different color and catching the light from the window, lining up on a shelf, counting, color labeling, and much more. As an infant I made O sensory bottles that had noodles, beans, and buttons that he could grab and shake, shake, shake to hear the different sounds. He still uses those with his musical instruments (I'll add a photo soon).
As a teacher I've made them with styrofoam peanuts, glitter both in water and alone in the bottle, bells, all kinds of dry foods, baby oil, natural materials like pebbles, sticks and acorns. You can really add anything you can think of!
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