This idea came to me through always being a discovery bottle enthusiast! Discovery bottles are wonderful things...and not just something for babies. They involved taking a bottle and filling it with something and gluing the lid on. So for example: Water, food colouring and oil makes a great little lava lamp style bottle for babies. I will write a seperate blog post all about Discovery Bottles and their brilliance and link it back to here soon.
When children are older they can create their very own discovery bottles. Here we are making a memory bottle. We went for a walk in the woods and collected woodland 'treasure'. All of this makes a great talking point too. Where should we look for special things? Why have you chosen that? What does it mean to you? Why is it special? When we got home we printed out a picture of the day, stuck it on the outside of the bottle and then tidied a little ribbon around it.
Now we always have a very tangible memory of that day, and something great he made all by himself.
Try it the next time you are walking, makes a great present for someone too :)
Have fun!
Love OMM xx
That is too, too cool! Love the lava lamp look. Very nice! X
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