Sensory bottles are great for use in the classroom or at home! They can provide a calming effect for an upset child and help settle a student if they are anxious. Sensory bottles are easy to make and can include anything from plastic confetti to food coloring to glitter glue. The possibilities are endless and can be chosen by you and/or your students or child. Themed sensory bottles are always a big hit! Winter-themed sensory bottles are a great addition to your classroom as well!
1. Snow Slime Sensory Bottle
The best part about this winter sensory bottle is making it! Children love making slime and this sensory bottle is full of it. Add in some blue food coloring, sparkles, snowflake confetti, or silver glitter to give it a wintery touch!
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2. Snowflake Sensory Bottle
Perfect for repurposing a tall, clear water bottle, this snowflake sensory bottle is a great winter piece for your classroom. This would be great during cold weather and can feature plenty of lovely winter glitter and silver sequins.
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3. Snowman Sensory Bottle
This snowman-themed sensory bottle is super fun! Draw on eyes or glue eyes to the bottle, along with a carrot nose and a mouth to create a snowman. This melted snowman sensory bottle is a perfect addition to your classroom calm-down corner.
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4. Glitter Sensory Bottle
Using silver or blue glitter, simply add it to a bottle to create a winter-themed sensory bottle. Use hot glue to seal the top and this bottle is good to go for all the shaking that little hands want to do. You could add silver sequins or blue sequins to help give it more of a wintery feel.
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5. Frozen Inspired Winter Sensory Bottle
This Frozen-inspired sensory bottle is a big hit with Elsa and Anna fans. Let students help create this one by adding in blue sequins, foil confetti, and other themed snow sequins. Adding water beads is another great way to add to your Frozen theme.
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6. Snowy Sensory Bottle
This Christmas snowman snow globe-themed sensory bottle is a little different. It is filled with tiny Styrofoam balls and looks like the inside of a snow globe. You can add other small items, like colored pom poms or small animal figurines as well.
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7. Glowing Stars
Glitter glue and glow-in-the-dark stars are all you need for this winter night-themed sensory bottle. The small stars will create the glow-in-the-dark effect, while the glitter glue will fill the bottle full of blue sparkles.
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8. Sequin Sensory Bottle
Another snowflake-themed bottle, this one is super small! It can be made from a baby jar or a similar small container. Add some water and some sparkly snowflakes. You could add a touch of food coloring to give it a little color as well.
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9. Snowmen in a Snowstorm Sensory Bottle
This snowstorm in a bottle is beautiful and full of sparkles and twinkles. Add some small foil snowmen and you have snowmen in a snowstorm. This sensory bottle is winter themed and closely resembles a snow globe.
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10. Winter Wonderland Sensory Bottle
This winter wonderland sensory bottle is quite a sight! It is misty and not totally clear, much like a snow globe. There are tiny Styrofoam balls or water beads with a few single sparkly snowflakes added to give a little something special.
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11. Winter Glitter Jars
These colored winter glitter jars are great to let students make. They can choose the color of glitter glue. Let students add in additional sparkles, sequins, snowflakes, or other small objects to add depth and dimension. These can be made in any type of jar or bottle and can be shaken up to create a beautiful scene.
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12. Snowstorm in a Bottle
This snowstorm in a bottle is full of snow! Add colorful snowflakes, and consider adding slime or gel to thicken the material. This sensory bottle can be shaken or just given a soft jiggle to move the snowflakes around.
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13. Snowflake Sensory Play Bottle
This sensory bottle is a bit different. Instead of being filled with liquid. Fill with glitter and pom poms and shake to see the different things and the way the snowflakes bounce around in the bottle.
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14. Snowy Day Sensory Bottle
The snowy day sensory bottle is full of blue and white. You could choose a color theme for these snowflakes. Add food coloring or glitter glue to personalize it.
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15. Christmas Holly Sensory Bottle
Spice up the Christmas holly in this sensory bottle. Add some holly and other small plastic pieces. Top it off with some glitter and shake it all up!
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16. Pipe Cleaners Sensory Bottle
Super easy and cheap to make, this sensory bottle is made from a recycled jar or bottle with water and colored pipe cleaners. Add in some glittery or sparkly pipe cleaners to add variety.
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17. Star of Bethlehem Sensory Bottle
This sensory bottle is winter themed, with a focus on Christmas! There are tons of beautiful stars inside the bottle! From gold to silver to clear, these stars give depth and perception to the bottle. Add a little glitter to give it more of a hazy look as you shake it.
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18. Arctic Sensory Bottle
Full of sand or cloud dough, you can add little animals or other themed items. It will be like a seek and find for students, as they move the sensory bottle around. You can choose different themes to create a little more variety.
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19. Polar Bear Sensory Bottle
Perfect for the animal lovers in your classroom, this winter-themed sensory bottle has a little, tiny polar bear at the bottom. It can have a sprinkle of snowflakes inside, as well as a little bit of glitter that can swirl around the sensory bottle.
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20. Christmas Sensory Bottle
Perfect for a quick and easy winter-themed sensory bottle, this one is also very colorful! Adding foil confetti to a sealed bottle of water, you can create a beautiful winter sensory bottle. You could choose the colors to represent your preference.
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21. Plastic Snowflakes Sensory Bin
Tiny plastic snowflakes will be the highlight of this one. This snow-themed sensory bottle will have a slight sparkle and light blue tint in a tiny jar, perfect for tiny hands! This sensory bottle is easy to make and can be made out of recycled materials.
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22. Penguin Sensory Bottle
Inside this sensory bottle, you will find adorable tiny penguins! Mix in some blue sequins, foil confetti, or snowflake sequins to add to your sensory bottles. These little penguins will be a big hit in your classroom, especially during the winter months!
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23. Christmas Variety Sensory Bottles
These Christmas-colored winter-themed sensory bottles are the cutest! Whether full of glitter glue, jingle bells, or even Christmas-colored beads, these are absolutely adorable. These would be great for seek-and-shake fun! Let the children find the hidden items inside.
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