art party: glitter bottles

Unshaken on the left, shaken on the right.

Nothing is more fun than a glitter bottle! We've made many different kinds over the years, but this type was one of the easiest and least expensive to create.

Materials Needed:
Clear plastic bottles with screw-on lids
Glitter glue (1 regular size tube per bottle)
Fine glitter
Water
Food coloring
Super glue

Once you have your materials ready, you can make these bottles very quickly. Start by squeezing an entire tube of glitter glue into each bottle; this is a good task for kids to practice eye-hand coordination and build fine motor strength. Fill the bottles halfway with water and add one or two drops of food coloring, followed by the fine glitter. Then fill up the rest of the bottle with water, leaving about a quarter inch of air at the top. We screwed on the lids and gave each bottle a good shake to make sure that we liked the coloration, and added more glitter or food coloring if necessary. Once they looked good, we used super glue on the inside of the lids and screwed them on tightly. Now our glitter bottles are ready to be party favors for this weekends art birthday party.