Learn how to make sensory jars for your kids with just a few simple supplies. These Valentine’s Day Sensory Bottles are a great activity for young children. Use them in your calm down corner or just as a fun sensory activity during quiet time. Either way your kids will have lots of fun playing with these easy ideas.
Sensory bottles also give babies and toddlers the opportunity to explore small parts without being a choking hazard. However, to prevent any accidents, you’re going to need to ensure that the top of the bottle is secured with hot glue or duct tape.
There’s no better way to show kids that you love them than by spending quality time together. Some Valentine’s day themed activities are perfect for finding ways to spend with your little ones. Or you can invest in the Valentine’s Day Activity Pack, which is filled with educational printables for you kids.
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More Valentine’s Themed Sensory Activities to try
Sensory play is a great way to let your toddlers and preschoolers get messy and explore. Here are some of my favorite Valentine’s day themed sensory play ideas to try.
Valentine’s Day Sensory Bottles
1. Rainbow Rice Discovery Bottle
This sensory bottle is filled with pink and white rainbow rice and other small objects like sequins, buttons and mini erasers. Younger children will love tilting the bottle from side to side so they can find all of the hidden objects hiding inside the plastic bottle.
Your kids can also give it a good shake and see what sound the bottle makes as they play.
2. Valentine’s Pom Pom Sensory Bottle
This Valentine’s day sensory bottle is just made with water and pom poms. The pink, purple and white pom poms float around the bottle as your children turn it upside down. It’s so much fun to watch and makes a fantastic addition to your calm down corner.
3. Valentine’s Glitter Sensory Bottle
Making a glitter sensory bottle is really easy. All you need to do is mix equal parts warm water and glitter glue. You can also add in extra items, like pink hearts from the dollar store. Give it all a good shake and you’ll see the glitter swirling around like magic.
4. Water Bead Sensory Bottle for Valentine’s Day
This simple Valentine’s sensory bottle uses water beads, red hearts and water. Young kids will love watching the soothing hearts float around.
Photo: Fun-A-Day
5. Valentine Heart Confetti Sensory Bottle
The next time you visit dollar tree make sure you get some heart confetti because you’re going to love this Valentine’s confetti sensory bottle. This is an easy Valentine play idea for little ones. You can also add all sorts of different things to the contents of the bottle, such as:
- Small paper hearts
- Pink tissue paper
- Foam hearts or flowers
- Candy hearts
Photo: Inspirational Laboratories
6. Slow-Falling Hearts Sensory Bottle
Make the acrylic hearts inside this sensory bottle fall slowly with the help of a bottle of glue. Adding some clear glue or clear hair gel to your sensory bottle makes all of the small items inside slow down as they move through the thicker liquid.
Photo: Rhythms of Play
Are you going to make any of these Valentine’s Day Sensory Bottles?
Don’t forget to pin the idea for later.
Valentine’s Day Activity Pack
Educational printables with a valentine’s theme. Perfect for preschool and kindergarteners to try this February.
