Discovery Bottles

Inspired by a pin from Mandy at Work at Home Adventures and Mandy's Fun with Pinterest, I made these discovery bottles this week. I had saved some 20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper bottles that I got and was planning to do something with them, but hadn't been motivated yet. LOL.

From left to right:
Color mix bottle: water with blue food coloring, oil with yellow food coloring. When you shake them up, it turns green, then separates again.

Snowstorm bottle: water and glitter. Shake it up and it looks like a snowstorm. Then the glitter settles down again and you can do it over and over.

Magnetic bottles: first one is cut up pipe cleaners. Take a magnet wand (or any magnet) and move the pipe cleaners around. Second one (which you can't see very well) has colored paper clips and water in it. Use a magnet to move the paper clips around.

Soapy water: water and dish soap (you can also add food coloring). Shake to make bubbles.

Search and find bottle: this one has all different little hearts in it and rice. Turn the bottle around and around to find the hearts. To make it more challenging, you could have a checklist for older kids to check off as they find each item.