Activity
Underwater I Spy Alphabet Bottle
Sparkly, glittery water is sure to attract little eyes. This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy either inside on a rainy day or traveling in the car. The craft helps kids recognize letters in a creative way, and is also a great time to start a quick conversation on recycling.
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Arts & craftsConstruction & SculptureRecycled Crafts Reading & WritingReadingEarly LiteracyWriting LettersAlphabet
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What You Need:
- Empty water or plastic soda bottle (best to use one without ridges)
- Alphabet beads from the craft store
- Glitter
- Sequins or any tiny sparkly things
- Corn syrup
- Water
- Sheet of paper
- Highlighter
- Glue gun (optional)
What You Do:
- Write the alphabet from A-Z on a sheet of paper. Have your child lay all the beads from A-Z on the table. Check that they have all 26 letters and then drop them into the empty bottle.
- Have your child drop in sequins. Help your child sprinkle some glitter inside.
- Fill half the bottle with water and the other half with corn syrup. The corn syrup slows down the motion of the contents and helps the glitter not to stick together.
- You can hot glue the lid onto the bottle so little hands don't spill.
- Shake it up and watch the pretty water! How many letters can your child spy? Using the alphabet paper you wrote, have them highlight each letter they can find. Can they also spot the letters in their name? Have fun shaking!
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