Discovery Bottles

Discovery bottles are a great craft for a busy baby, toddler, or child. After Ellie started crawling, she would spend lots of time pulling my cookbooks off the bookshelf in our kitchen. I realized I needed to put something in that space that she could play with. Discovery bottles were a great answer. I cleared all the books off the bottom two shelves and they became her new play area. She would occupy herself while I cooked and loved that she could play all by herself.

This craft is so easy! Just put anything in the bottles that would be fun to look at, fun to hear, or fun to shake.

Here are the supplies you will need:

Empty plastic water bottles (I recommend small bottles for babies and toddlers)

Hot glue gun

Fun things to put inside the bottles

Food coloring for water

Things to put in the bottles:

oil and water

water and soap

uncooked pasta

puffy craft balls

buttons

rice

water and beads

You can put anything inside clean, dry plastic bottles. It is important to seal the lid with hot glue so that the contents remain inside the bottle. These are just a few of the ideas I tried, and I am hoping to make more soon. Happy discovering!

What are some fun things you would put in a discovery bottle?