• COLORED BUBBLES BOTTLE. Fill a plasitc pop bottle one third full with water. Add tempera paint & about 1/3 cup of liquid detergent. Let the children shake the bottle to make colored bubbles. I like to tape the cap on using masking tape. • DANCING YARN BOTTLE. Put numerous pieces of yarn cut in short pieces (about 3 to 6 inches) into a plastic pop bottle. Fill the bottle with water. Let the children shake the bottle to make the yarn dance. • SWIRLING OBJECTS BOTTLE. Fill a plastic pop bottle half full with water. Add some food coloring. Then add small, light plastic toys, plastic sequins, beads, items that float & some that do not. Let the children shake the bottle to make the objects swirl around. •Cut small squares of tissue paper and "paint" them on the jars with 1/2 glue-1/2 water let dry and put a magnet on the inside of the top - a great paper clip holder gift for mom or dad •sand art - and then hot glue the lid on. •snow shakers - glue tiny figures inside of lid with hot glue, let dry, fill with water and a spoon full of glitter and then hot glue lid on •BABY DAY CARE PLAY IDEA - the babies in our room loved the lids. We would send them through the dishwasher in a mesh bag tied to the top rack and then put them in a wipe box. The kids play with these for hours. Even the older kids love them. They pretend they are hamburgers, money, hockey pucks to slide on the table, etc. At the end of the day, tie them up in the bag and send them through the dishwasher again. •I mixed Elmer's glue with some water. Then the children painted the jars with the glue mixture. We then stuck different pieces of cut tissue paper (use a variety of colors and shapes). After a child is done covering teh jar, paint over the tissue with the glue mixture again. Let them dry on a cookie sheet or foil. After dry, place a votive candle in them. We made them for christmas gifts last year but you can do whatever whenever! •How about ocean in a (baby food jar) bottle? Fill bottle half full with mineral oil. Add blue food coloring until oil is deep blue. Pour in rubbing alcohol until bottle is full. Screw on lid tightly. Maybe you could add some small sea shells if the kids want to. •Use the baby food jars for sand art. Use the following recipe to make the colored sand and and layer the different colors however the kids want it. Then glue the lids on. •SAND ART RECIPE If any of you have priced the sand, it can be quite expensive. I had a dcm check for me in a larger city. Her sister is a teacher and said they use Salt and powder tempera paint. It works great. You need about 2-3 Tablespoons of Tempera paint - 1 lb. salt. We ordered the salt from a food wholesaler for $5. 45/50lbs. and the Tempera paint cost 1. 89 a bottle for 16 oz •I am not sure exactly how they did it, but at my nephew's preschool they made real cute Mother's Day gifts with baby food jars and lids. Of course it could be used for any reason. But they covered the lid with pretty fabric and glued it around the edges and tied a ribbon around the edge of the lid, and left a nice ruffle at the bottom. On the glass part of the jar they used some kind of a flower stamp dipped in paint (not sure which type of paint would be best) and made a flower border around the bottom of the jar. The inside was empty, but I would think you could put whatever you wanted inside. •I use them for x-mas as adventswreath! I fill goodies in 24 Jars, covered with red and green cloth, cut suares of material, fasten with elasticbands. Covers are painted with acrylic paint, decorate any way you like. Use cakeplate and line up Jars in a circle. Each morning starting Dec. 1st the children get to take one Jar and open it, to find small candies or other goodies in it. You might want to make 1 wreath for each 5 4 to 5 children, use large Jars! •Small Jars, I have seen a x-mas tree made out of those, with Jars in circles, buildt like a cone to look like a tree. They were painted , and had little decorations glued onto them . I thought that was cute, will try one this year. •Otherwise we made shakers for Mothersday and Paperweights for Fathersday! •I also use those jars for odds and ends for art supplies, and use the tops of jars to put Tempera paint into, for small amounts for each child ( I switched to ketchup cups now, available in partystores!) >> --------------------- Forwarded message: Subj: Curric: Topical: Bottles & Jars Date: 97-09-19 01:52:18 EDT From: Wiggy516 To: AMOM Chryl,AMOM Wanda,LindaFDC To: Shmissteri,Thregr8kdz,Wiggy516 To: ANewHeart,Ariel 610,BobbieFDC To: CBDBree,CGFGFREEE,Dizee70 To: Dkelkins,Eibbil,Fishkissy To: GIBBYGGG,HTWHLZ,Jeanet3814 To: Kenisons6,Kjjt,KJP40,Lea098 To: Lorris4,LOSTN 78,Luv3kids,Mandap To: Mlori1,MrciaJones,Nan1003 To: Nancy235,Nunflying,PBeach3040 To: PObrien788,PRO CALIF,PScml To: Queenbe352,Rckably,Su F 4 To: The4mitchs,TOcon41865,TRACODAND To: UCrawf123,WHansen1,ZRJ,AnneW1 To: Arlc1,AuntGill,BECKYLEM,Bedon1 To: Bethsmom1,BHuhtala,BROWN893 To: BunniePtch,CA55IE,CANTfam To: Cath no1,CBlac113,CCPPIN,CDA Jen To: Cechs,Cia0,CTharion,Cyn4kids To: DAYCMOM,DENCRE,DKnow624,DSinVA49 To: ECook58656,Elegantmom,FBercaw To: FDC Fun,FIREWIFE25,Flannel63 To: GnBGras,GOSColleen,HERR0728 To: Himies4me,Holcombcj,HUGSKISS2 To: Im1031bb,Ivegotkids,JEAN4KIDS To: JFoga143,Jkel110,JoyD RN To: JThomas610,JUDYMULLER,KallieS To: KGWolek,KShadow4U * COLORED BUBBLES BOTTLE. Fill a plasitc pop bottle one third full with water. Add tempera paint & about 1/3 cup of liquid detergent. Let the children shake the bottle to make colored bubbles. I like to tape the cap on using masking tape. * DANCING YARN BOTTLE. Put numerous pieces of yarn cut in short pieces (about 3 to 6 inches) into a plastic pop bottle. Fill the bottle with water. Let the children shake the bottle to make the yarn dance. * SWIRLING OBJECTS BOTTLE. Fill a plastic pop bottle half full with water. Add some food coloring. Then add small, light plastic toys, plastic sequins, beads, items that float & some that do not. Let the children shake the bottle to make the objects swirl around. *Cut small squares of tissue paper and "paint" them on the jars with 1/2 glue-1/2 water let dry and put a magnet on the inside of the top - a great paper clip holder gift for mom or dad *sand art - and then hot glue the lid on. *snow shakers - glue tiny figures inside of lid with hot glue, let dry, fill with water and a spoon full of glitter and then hot glue lid on *BABY DAY CARE PLAY IDEA - the babies in our room loved the lids. We would send them through the dishwasher in a mesh bag tied to the top rack and then put them in a wipe box. The kids play with these for hours. Even the older kids love them. They pretend they are hamburgers, money, hockey pucks to slide on the table, etc. At the end of the day, tie them up in the bag and send them through the dishwasher again. *I mixed Elmer's glue with some water. Then the children painted the jars with the glue mixture. We then stuck different pieces of cut tissue paper (use a variety of colors and shapes). After a child is done covering teh jar, paint over the tissue with the glue mixture again. Let them dry on a cookie sheet or foil. After dry, place a votive candle in them. We made them for christmas gifts last year but you can do whatever whenever! *How about ocean in a (baby food jar) bottle? Fill bottle half full with mineral oil. Add blue food coloring until oil is deep blue. Pour in rubbing alcohol until bottle is full. Screw on lid tightly. Maybe you could add some small sea shells if the kids want to. *Use the baby food jars for sand art. Use the following recipe to make the colored sand and and layer the different colors however the kids want it. Then glue the lids on. *SAND ART RECIPE If any of you have priced the sand, it can be quite expensive. I had a dcm check for me in a larger city. Her sister is a teacher and said they use Salt and powder tempera paint. It works great. You need about 2-3 Tablespoons of Tempera paint - 1 lb. salt. We ordered the salt from a food wholesaler for $5. 45/50lbs. and the Tempera paint cost 1. 89 a bottle for 16 oz *I am not sure exactly how they did it, but at my nephew's preschool they made real cute Mother's Day gifts with baby food jars and lids. Of course it could be used for any reason. But they covered the lid with pretty fabric and glued it around the edges and tied a ribbon around the edge of the lid, and left a nice ruffle at the bottom. On the glass part of the jar they used some kind of a flower stamp dipped in paint (not sure which type of paint would be best) and made a flower border around the bottom of the jar. The inside was empty, but I would think you could put whatever you wanted inside. *I use them for x-mas as adventswreath! I fill goodies in 24 Jars, covered with red and green cloth, cut suares of material, fasten with elasticbands. Covers are painted with acrylic paint, decorate any way you like. Use cakeplate and line up Jars in a circle. Each morning starting Dec. 1st the children get to take one Jar and open it, to find small candies or other goodies in it. You might want to make 1 wreath for each 5 4 to 5 children, use large Jars! *Small Jars, I have seen a x-mas tree made out of those, with Jars in circles, buildt like a cone to look like a tree. They were painted , and had little decorations glued onto them . I thought that was cute, will try one this year. *Otherwise we made shakers for Mothersday and Paperweights for Fathersday! *I also use those jars for odds and ends for art supplies, and use the tops of jars to put Tempera paint into, for small amounts for each child ( I switched to ketchup cups now, available in partystores!)