Sparkle Bottles

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.

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