Now, let's put some of that Colored Rice to good use. The first thing I did with mine was make a couple of "Eye Spy" bottles. These can make for great activities for busying you littler munchkins. They're even great for on-the-go schooling. Make them in any theme you'd like. I went with a "phonics" theme for my 1st two so that we could work on beginning sounds with my Pre-K and Kinder-aged kiddos.
What You'll Need:
- Colored Rice (see blog-post on making your own)
- A Large mouthed bottle (I used a Gatorade bottle)
- An idea (see list below of some ideas my big kids and I came up with)
- Small objects to fit you theme or even random ones (must fit through mouth of bottle)
- A camera
- Lid
- Super Glue (if you have small ones who might choke on small objects if the bottle were to be opened)
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| The letter "L" |
Here's where to start... Gather up as many small objects as you'd like to use in you "Eye Spy" bottle. My bigger kids LOVED helping with this part.
Lay them out and take a picture of them.
Fill your bottle 2/3 of the way full with your colored rice.
Add your small objects
Secure lid
ShAkE it up
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| The Letter "B" |
Print the picture of your small objects. If you don't want to print it you could just pull it up on your computer and have them do it there. (I photo edit mine to include the 'names' of the objects)
- Beginning sounds (like my example)
- Holiday (CHRISTmas, Easter, Fourth of July...)
- Color (all green objects...)
- Pirates
- Shapes
- Ocean
- Animals
- Seasons
- Bugs
- Building (nail, nut, bolt, screw, etc)
- Candy
- Money
- Shells
- Rocks (different types or colors/shape/sizes)
- Game pieces
- Numbers
- Randomness
- Kitchen items
- Jewelry
- Food (Barbie, doll house, or littlest petshop style)
Have LOTS of FuN with these!!!
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