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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Making Smelling Bottles and Sound Boxes


There are so many ways to make smelling bottles. I know some people who use old film canisters or baby food jars to make them. I never liked these options very much because it's difficult for my 4 year old to get the lids of these items. Instead I made my smelling bottles with our Easter eggs! What else are we going to do with all those plastic eggs? I used all the same color of easter eggs. Then put a cotton ball in each egg. This is where you'll put the scent. Most scents are clear. Just put a drop or two on the cotton ball (that's all you need!) and close the egg. Some scents like vanilla and butter flavoring you can get clear at Joann's, since this what they flavor frosting with, so it won't change the color of white frosting. Also, you can use essential oils as scents as well. Make two eggs of each scent for the kids to match up. If you would like it to be self correcting, with a permanent marker draw a small little shape at the bottom of the egg so that when you match the scents up the two eggs having a matching shape at the bottom. Using the eggs also helps you store them easier and have the kids match them up easier and it makes it more fun! Using a cardboard egg carton and since there's two in a row, have the kids put the eggs matching in the rows side by side :) Then just store them in the egg carton. To make it more fun, have your kids paint the egg carton for you. My kids had a fun time playing with the easter eggs and matching the scents up! *Note the picture, is not a picture of my eggs :( My husband's laptop has the camera connection and he took it today!


For sound boxes, use the film canisters since it's more dificult to remove the lids or use eggs and just glue them shut (although I really like the film canisters better). You can usually get film canisters for free at a photo lab. Just ask! Fill the canisters with different items to make different sounds...rice, beans, small bells, a large nut, etc. Make matches!

10 comments:

Insightful Brain said...

Very creative! This is a great idea!

Leptir (Nataša) said...

I like idea with easter eggs! So creative and looks very inviting!

Susannah said...

I've made sound bottles using old prescription drug bottles, and that worked well. I love the idea of using Easter eggs for scent bottles. Especially since most eggs have little holes at one end, which is good for letting the smell out.

pink and green mama MaryLea said...

Genius!! Guess what we'll be doing next month as an Spring/Easter sensory activity?! : )

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea !

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Anonymous said...

That's a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

My First Skool said...

This is such a great idea. We decorated quite a huge collection of easter eggs with faces as well and decorated the room with those eggs later on. The kids enjoyed the whole process and it was really great.

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