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February 17, 2016

Simple Rainbow Sensory Bottle for Kids

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So you want to drink your coffee? Before it gets cold? Ha! Your kiddos have other plans. That’s why you  need a rainbow sensory bottle. Make it in minutes and watch as the kids are occupied long enough for you to drink a cup of coffee!

Super Simple Rainbow Sensory Bottle for Kids

Rainbow Sensory Bottle

A sensory bottle, or discovery bottle, is a plastic bottle filled with materials that will engage kids’ senses. Which in turn stimulates their brain and gets them thinking! This rainbow sensory bottle is so simple to make that there is no reason to not make it!

  • Voss water bottle or whatever you have on hand
  • colored pony beads
  • water

Rainbow Sensory Bottle for Preschool or Toddler Kids!

 Fill a plastic water bottle with as many of the rainbow colored pony beads as you want. There is really no wrong or right way to make this sensory bottle. 

After you have added as may beads you choose fill the bottle the rest of the way with water. If you are worried that your kids will be able to open the bottle you can hot glue the top on at this time.

Rainbow Preschool Sensory Bottle

Give it to your kids to shake and tip and turn upside down! Let them explore the colors and the beads however they want. You can encourage them to go on a “scavenger hunt” with the bottle to find all of the colors of the rainbow or even to draw the colors they see.

Rainbow Sensory Bottle for Preschool

As kids are playing with the rainbow sensory bottle they are not only having fun they are also beginning to explore the properties of gravity and density. Such an easy activity that doubles as a boredom buster full of scientific learning. This is a must do for preschool teachers and parents.

Especially if you want some time to drink your coffee before it gets cold!

Here are 20 more fun rainbow activities to keep your kiddos busy!

21 super fun rainbow activities and crafts for kids!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Rainbow in a Bag – No Mess Art // Powerful Mothering

Rainbow Letters Race to the Top // Stay at Home Educator

Color and Shape Match Up // Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

Stack a Stone Rainbow // Adventures of Adam

Rainbow Pasta Threading // Play and Learn Everyday

Rainbow Tinker Tray // Still Playing School

How to Flip a Rainbow | Simple Science for Kids // Lemon Lime Adventures

Rainbow Sun Craft // Fairy Poppins

Rainbow Pencil Control Exercises // Sugar Aunts

Beginning Sound Rainbows // Playdough to Plato

DIY Rainbow Crayon Names // Pre-K Pages

Rainbow Puzzle Skip Counting // Creative Inclusion

Rainbow Bear Color Matching Game // Life Over Cs

Rainbow Marble Painting Process Art // Preschool Inspirations

DIY Paper Plate Loom: Rainbow Yarn Art // Sugar Spice and Glitter

Rainbow Sight Words // The Kindergarten Connection

Rainbow Math with a DIY Abacus // Fun-a-Day

Rainbow Fact Family Board Game // Liz’s Early Learning Spot

Simple Rainbow Sensory Bottle for Kids // Coffee Cups and Crayons

Rainbow Paint Chip Color Match // Modern Preschool

Roll a Rainbow // The STEM Laboratory

(Not Shown) Rainbow Perler Bead Key Ring // Teach Me Mommy

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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