These were actually part of our Travel Kits, which you can find in the {Kids on the Road} Series, we took on our insanely long (and waaay too close together) road trips we took this past month.
I found the original idea at My Crazy Blessed Life, and Johanna called them “calm down bottles” and used them with the idea of helping her little girls calm down after a tantrum. There was the added bonus of a built-in time out timer.
That wasn’t my goal with them though. I just wanted a distraction for my poor children who were strapped down in car seats for hours and hours on end. I don’t know if they’d work well as timers or calm down distractions for my kids. They don’t have the attention spans to sit and actually watch all the glitter fall.
I wasn’t able to find the exact ingredients Johanna used so I had to improvise. I actually found some other materials that I opted to use instead of what Johanna did. And it still turned out great – and was even a little cheaper. So, here’s how I made my Sparkle Bottles.
