Sand Sensory Bottle

Materials:

1. Large bottle
2. Sand (colored)
3. Miscellaneous small objects 
4. All purpose adhesive 

How to Make: 

First, remove all labels from the bottle. Next, fill the bottle half way with sand. Add small objects of your choosing. I chose beads and a rubber caterpillar. Be mindful not to over fill your bottle with objects or make it too heavy. Use adhesive to seal and tighten cap. 

Weather Sensory Bottles

 Materials:

1. Small water bottles (4)
2. Large pom poms (yellow, white, light blue) 
3. Beads (mixed blues and large white beads)
4. Glitter (white)
5. All purpose adhesive 
6. Blue food coloring

How to Make:

First, remove the labels from your bottles. 

• Sunny: Add blue food coloring to the water, and drop in a yellow pom pom.
• Cloudy: Just add three to four white pom poms, and then fill up your bottle.
• Rainy: Add a mixture of blue beads and two light blue pom poms (this will appear like storm clouds), and then fill with water.
• Snowing: Add water, glitter and large white beads for snow flakes

Add adhesive to seal the caps and close tightly.

Small Texture Board

Materials: 

1. Wooden Board (Micheal's) 
2. Fabric Scraps 
3. Pom poms
4. Hot glue gun

How to Make:

First, decide which pattern that you would like your fabric to be in on your board. I chose squares because I like the whole board to be covered to prevent any splinters from the wood. Then glue the fabric in the desired places on the front and back. After your glue has dried, hot glue pom poms around all the edges. The hot glue is strong enough to prevent the materials from being pulled off by the child.

Glitter Sensory Bottle

Materials:

1. Bottle (20 oz. Dr. Pepper)
2. Glitter
3. Clear hair gel (Dollar Tree)
4. Quick Grip adhesive 

How to Make: 

First, remove all labeling from your bottle, and then fill your bottle 3/4 with water. Add the glitter colors of your choice. I like to use a combination of two different glitter colors. Next, fill the bottle the rest of way with glitter and shake well. You might need to remove some water afterwards just so the glitter moves freely inside of the bottle. Glue the top on tightly with adhesive, and once the glue has dried, the sensory bottle is ready for use.

Sound Cylinder

Materials: 

1. Paper towel roll
2. Card stock (letter size) 
3. Rice or beads
4. Washi Tape
5. Glue

How to Make:

First, take the paper towel roll and cover one end with the Washi tape. Make sure that the end is completely covered and can hold the weight of the rice or beads inside. Then, fill the paper towel roll with rice or beads and cover the open end. Make sure not to put too much rice. You only need enough to make a sound. Next, take the card stock and glue the edge to one side of the paper towel roll.It should be a perfect fit around your paper towel roll. Just glue the remaining edge and your roll is completely covered.

Scented Sensory Socks

Materials:

1. Rice
2. Essential Oils (Lavender, Vanilla)
3. Child socks
4. Cotton balls
5. Hot glue gun

How to Make: 

First, fill your socks with rice. Then, use the oils to add the scents of your choice. I chose a purple sock for lavender and a white sock for vanilla. I put a few drops of each scent on to the cotton balls and placed them inside the socks with the rice. Finally, fold the mouth of the socks and seal with hot glue.

Graduated Sound Bottles

Materials:

1. Bottles (3) 
2. Beads or dry beans 
3. Adhesive 

How to Make:

First, clean out bottles and remove any labeling. Next, fill your bottles with different amounts of beads or beans. I like using translucent plastic bottles so that there isn't much color because it makes the work more auditory instead of visual.  Seal the caps with adhesive and close tightly.