Unicorns and Sparkles Sensory Bottle

I am a frequent browser of the glitter shelves at Michael’s. The last time I went I saw some unicorn shaped glitter and I just knew I had to create a unicorn sensory bottle. I am in a house full of boys, so everything is always about cars and trucks and dinosaurs – which is fine – but every once in a while I like to play with sparkly things. Right next to the unicorn glitter was a bottle of pink flower glitter that was super cute, so I got that as well.

The trick to making a fun sensory bottle that has larger glitter or confetti pieces is getting them to fall slowly instead of immediately sinking to the bottom. After a lot of experimenting, I came up with a great mixture of water and corn syrup that works perfectly. It takes the unicorns about two minutes to sink to the bottom of the bottle, 15 minutes for the chunky glitter, and the fine glitter remains suspended for quite a while!

It was fun deciding what to put in the Unicorns and Sparkles Sensory Bottle. In addition to the unicorns, I used the pink flower glitter, tiny pink heart glitter, jumbo glitter in pink and silver, as well as iridescent and silver fine glitter. While I was creating my bottle, my six-year-old son came to see what I was up to. He loves to make sensory bottles as well, and wanted in on the fun! I was expecting him to ask me to get out some different supplies for him to use, but he went straight for the bottle of unicorns! Once he was done with his bottle, he gave it to me and said, “I made this for you because unicorns are girl stuff!” 

The hard part came once I was finished. I like to take photos of the sensory bottles to share on the blog and this was the first one I had made with shapes that are orientation-sensitive. I took so many pictures and videos, trying to capture a good one with the unicorns right-side-up and the light just right. Although the unicorn glitter is large as far as glitter goes, it is small enough that taking a good photo of the entire bottle (and still being able to see the unicorns) was almost impossible. I feel that the photos and video of this bottle don’t really do it justice. It’s just one that you’d have to see in person to fully appreciate.

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If you are interested in making a Unicorns and Sparkles Sensory Bottle, here is what I used:

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• 11 oz VOSS water bottle – Target
• Fill 1/4 of the way with water
• Add 20 pieces unicorn glitter – Michael’s
• Add ¼ tsp flower glitter – Michael’s
• Add ⅛ tsp jumbo glitter – Amazon
• Add ⅛ tsp tiny heart glitter – Amazon
• Add ⅛ tsp iridescent “bling” glitter – Amazon
• Add ⅛ tsp silver glitter – Amazon
• Fill to the top with corn syrup – Amazon
• Super glue (for gluing the lid shut) – Amazon

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Thank you for checking out my Unicorns and Sparkles Sensory Bottle!

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Matthew 6:19-21

~ Sarah ~

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