Both children and adults will love this DIY Frozen-inspired snowstorm sensory bottle. Calm down jars like this snowflake glitter bottle are most often used as a tool to help calm an overwhelmed child, or as a meditation technique for children. They are just as effective for adults.
Focusing on the objects in the bottle will help anyone calm down and focus their attention. As the bottle clears so does the mind. They work wonders for adults too! For more information about sensory bottles including links to other resources see Calm Down Sensory Bottles 101.
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DIY Frozen-Inspired Snowstorm Sensory Bottle
A DIY Frozen-inspired snowstorm sensory bottle for kids is a fun DIY calm down toy for kids. A giant snowglobe that can help your children learn how to self-regulate.Else and Anna would love it as much as your kids will!
Yoga is another great calming strategy for kids. Click on the link to learn tips for getting kids started with the practice of Yoga.
Related: Glittering Mermaid Tail Sensory Bottle
DIY Frozen-Inspired Snowstorm Sensory Bottle: Materials
- VOSS Artesian Water Bottles (Or any other bottle out of the recycle bin)
- Elmer’s Glitter Glue 6oz-Blue
- Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap
- Snowflake sequins — 1. Snowflake Confetti Mix Foil White and/or
2. Sparkly Snow Confetti Mix Foil Multicolor
and/or 3. Snowflake Sequins-Silver
and/or 4. Iridescent Snowflakes Confetti
- Blue Glitter Tempura Paint
- Fine Turquoise Glitter
- 1-Quart Measuring Cup or Mixing Bowl (I like to use a large liquid measuring cup for making sensory bottles because I can measure and pour with it.)
- Whisk (This is a set, I dedicate one to sensory bottle making.)
- Hot Water
- Super Glue
Related: Rainstick Musical Sensory Bottle
How to Make a Frozen-Inspired Snowstorm Sensory Bottle
I learned how to make glitter bottles by reading Relax Bottle/Time Out Timer by My Crazy Blessed Life and 6 Ways to Make a Calm Down Jar by Preschool Inspirations. Both articles helped me understand the properties of glitter bottles that use glue and learn how to make my own.
- Pour the water out of your Voss bottle into a 1-quart liquid measuring cup or mixing bowl so you know how much it holds. If you already drank it just fill it with water to measure. Then pour the water into a glass and use the measuring cup to mix your ingredients.
- Add hot water and a good squeeze (about 1 or 2 tablespoons) of glitter glue into your large measuring cup. Mix well with a whisk. Make sure you mix less than your bottle holds so you can add other ingredients and make changes as needed later.
- Mix in a sprinkle of turquoise fairy dust and a squirt of Blue glitter tempera paint (regular blue will also work).
- Next, add snowflake and/or sequins of choice. I listed several options above. Update: If I had it to make this bottle again I would avoid the regular (non-snowflake) and painted sequins. The paint chips off, which didn’t really matter for this bottle because they just added more blue chips and color to the mix. The problem with regular sequins is that some of them will tend to stick to the side of the jar rather than swirl.
- Continue to mix all ingredients with a whisk and pour into the Voss bottle. Leave room! Don’t pour it all the way to the top yet! You may find that you need to add a little more glue, glitter, or paint.
- Because I used large sequins for this bottle I soon learned that I needed to make the solution more viscous so they would float and swirl longer. I chose to add about 1/8 cup of the clear liquid handsoap listed above. It worked wonderfully!
- Consider adding more handsoap, glitter, glitter glue, or glitter tempera paint to the Frozen-Inspired snowstorm sensory bottle it until you are happy with how it looks and moves. You can always pour some out if you need to to make room for more of this or that.
- Top it off with hot water, put the lid on, and give it a good shake. Don’t glue the lid on yet!
Related: Rainbow Galaxy Glitter Sensory Bottle
I like to play with the sensory bottles that I make for a day or two before I glue the cap on and give it to my daughter. It’s hard to make changes when the caps are glued on!
Once you are happy with your Frozen-Inspired snowstorm sensory bottle glue the cap on and pass it over to the kiddos. Unless you are keeping it for yourself of course. 😉
Be sure you read my other tips in Calm Down Sensory Bottles 101 before attempting to make your own. You may also like DIY Projects for Do it Yourself Families.
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How did you keep yours from getting foamy?
Hi Ashley! My bottles are always foamy when I first make them and shake them up. They can take up to a day to settle. Once settled they never foam up again. If yours do, make sure you take all the air out. I hope that helps!
this is beautiful! It looks like it would be cold to touch lol. I’m new to making sensory bottles, but wanted to make one for each season so hopefully mine turns out as gorgeous as this. I can’t wait to see it in motion
Lol! It does look cold to the touch Kaci, so glad you like it! Sending you all my sensory bottle making ju-ju so it’s just as awesome!
I made some for my 3 year old preschool class who are pretty rough on the bottles. They managed to actually break the caps on the Voss bottles!! Is there something I did wrong?
No Jennifer, You did nothing wrong. Voss bottles can break if thrown around or dropped. This is the only con I have found with them.
Use duct tape or electrical tape on the lid. It helps.
Brilliant solution Kasey! Thank you for sharing 🙂
This is my first attempt at a sensory bottle! I used a bottle that I had at home, but I had trouble adding some items to the solution, because the opening was small. How large is the opening for the VOSS bottles? And what size bottle do you use? The 330 ml size? I thought of adding buttons that I bought for the bottle, but a few of the buttons wouldn’t fit into the opening. I hope I can find the items you suggested for the Frozen bottle!!
So glad you are giving it a try Patty! This bottle is actually one of the most challenging of my bottles to make, but it was my first too 🙂 I use the 500ml Voss bottles. They have a larger opening than most bottles at almost an inch and 1/2 diameter. This is another reason I like to use them. You can easily fit fun items in them like the larger snowflakes. I think you can probably bend the snowflakes just a bit to get them inside bottles with smaller openings. They are flexible but will stay permanently bent if folded too far. Good luck!
Hi. I’m planning on making these with kids. I was trying to figure out for how many kids the materials you listed are. Do you have any suggestions?
Besides the bottles and doing the math on the liquids you will need, the rest should be enough? A little glitter goes a long way!
What are your pro/con comments on plastic water bottles?
Sorry for delayed response Rebecca. This is a loaded question for me and why we prefer to use bottles from the recycle bin. We get ours from the recycle bin at my husband’s work because we choose not to purchase plastics. At home, we filter our own water and use reusable stainless steel canteens for our water. Using mason jars to make sensory bottles is another option, but as you know glass can be dangerous if broken!