Sand Art Bottle Craft No Sand Colored Rice

How to Make Sand Art in a Bottle without Sand

We wanted to make sand art in a bottle, but we didn't have any colored sand. Also, we like to make our crafts edible whenever possible so that toddlers and preschoolers can participate without getting sick. Isn't this lovely? Just what does one do with such a beautiful piece of art? We put it in our kitchen window.

Colored rice in a bottle in place of sand.

How to make sand art in a bottle with colored rice

To get started you will need:

White Rice, Salt, Baggies, and Food Coloring

Coloring Rice.

To make sand art with rice:

Place dry rice in a Ziploc bag.
Squeeze in 3-4 drops of food coloring. 
We used NEON colors.
Add some rice and a little salt to brighten the color.
Shake, then use hands to mix any rice that doesn't take color right away.

Purple colored rice.

Knead the rice to mix in the color.

Now you are ready to create beautiful sand-art designs with rice. Grab a funnel and have fun. Want to make an intricate pattern? Use the end of a paint brush to tap rice down. You can make flowers easily. Give it a try and show us your skill in the comment section, "Tell us your two cents" below.

Making rice art with a funnel.

We used Play-doh as a cork. Make a little ball and tap it in with a finger.

Leftover, colored salt crystals.

"Hey, Mommy is food coloring edible?  Wait, I know it is because it says food.  Can I have some?"

"I love salt!  Rice, not so much."

Recommended Reading:

Everybody Cooks Rice

Bottle Crafts with old, decorative bottles

Crafts for Kids with Old, Antique, or Decorative Bottles

Make crafts with Old, Decorative Glass Bottles

So, I've been saving this old container of dirty, antique bottles to do some bottle crafts for kids. I dug them up on an abandoned property where an old cabin had once sat.  More recently, it had been an abandoned dump. It was a treasure trove of trash.

Old, antique amber and cobalt decorative bottles.

I found old crocks and a 1925 or 1928, Christmas edition, Coca-Cola bottle worth absolutely nothing! It was cracked. There was a mint-condition, amber, Clorox bottle, once worth around $40, until we moved and let our craziest driver friend pull the trailer (which I had poorly packed) and an awesome yellow bottle that had melted in the most beautiful Salvador Dali fashion (beauty is in the eye of the beholder)! I'm not a purist; I like to mix them in with my reproductions and other decorative, cheap, glass bottles.

Old medicine, ketchup, and syrup bottles.

What can you do with old bottles? My mother painted this beautiful, decorative bottle and gave it to me as a gift. It came filled with real Vanilla Beans and Vodka. Here's the Recipe for Home-made Vanilla Extract.  It came complete with a 'Do not open until' tag, and a cork, of course. Yum!

Handpainted glass bottles.

My daughter and I made some traditional colored rice in bottles.

Old ketchup bottle with rice art craft for kids.

We also had a craft-fail extraordinaire. I decided to put a bow on it and call it precious. Rock salt and glue are supposed to make a crystal coating for a candle votive. Um, no- not for us.

Rock salt and blue decorative bottle craft fail.

You don't have to dig in a dump for your jars. I found some very nice amber glass jars and bottles. I'd love to hear from you. Leave a comment and share your creative glass projects with us.

TIP: Those dirty, old bottles went from trash to treasure when I squirted in a little hand-sanitizer, a sprinkle of salt, and about an inch of hot water. It worked like magic ~ just slosh! I had tried to clean them before, but this bottle cleaning recipe made them sparkle.

Recommended Reading:

Antique Trader Bottles Identification and Price Guide

Bottles and Bottle Collecting

August 6, 2012 Pin It! Online Scavenger Hunt

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Indianapolis Kid's Film Series at Carmel's, The Studio Theater : Aug. 9

Kids' Film Series Indianapolis, Indiana

Chipotle Mexican Grill  and the Carmel Farmer's Market Present: "What's on Your Plate."

Indianapolis Kids Film Series.

Join us at the Studio Theater in Carmel on Aug. 9 for the first ever, Indianapolis Kids Film Series.

Enjoy a salsa demonstration and a screening of the new documentary film about kids, food, and  politics,  "What's on Your Plate."

The film carries a message much like Chipotle's vision for 'Food With Integrity,' which it works to share with children all over the country through a variety of educational programs. The August screening promises to be a fun and educational summer activity for families with children of all ages. Salsa demonstration begins at 6:30pm followed by the movie screening at 7pm.

The event is FREE brought to you by Chipotle and the Carmel Farmers Market (another Indy first!). Free kids meal gift certificates and grow kits will be given away to attendees.


Recommended:

Things to do in Indiana with Kids

Enjoy a Real Radio Show Podcast featuring a Bob Ross Remix

Here's something I think busy Moms and Dads will enjoy. Sit back and relax as the soothing voice of Dean Abbott  rejuvenates the spirit with his podcast reminiscent of an old-fashioned radio show, Your Neighborhood Almanac.

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Bread Clipart Le Pain Хлеб 白面包 Photos Cartoon Images Pictures Clip Art

Looking for a picture of Bread Clip Art? 

Here are several cartoon images of bread. We also have bread coloring pages, recipes, and science experiments for homeschoolers. Enjoy!

Bread Clipart Le Pain Хлеб  白面包 Photos Cartoon Images Pictures Clip Art

Here is a great recipe for Artisan Bread or how about a Bread Bowl Chicken Salad, but you came here searching for a picture of bread-no? FREE CLIP ART IMAGES are from the sites linked below. Always give credit where credit is due. I scoured and found the cutest ones just for you.  :-)

http://www.clker.com
http://www.hasslefreeclipart.com
http://www.yummyclipart.com
http://www.foodclipart.com
http://www.clipartheaven.com
http://clipartmountain.com

Recommended Reading:

Everybody Bakes Bread Picture Book*

Bread Around the World*











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*We also use affiliate links, if you make a purchase we get a tiny commission. Kids Creative Chaos participates in the Amazon LLC Associates Program*, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a mean for blogs to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon properties, including, but not limited to, amazon.com, endless.com, myhabit.com, smallparts.com, or amazonwireless.com. We also offer Tapinfluence, Google Adsense, SoFab, and Izea ads here. Thanks so much for helping us keep the lights on! :)

Classroom Snowman Craft for Door: Pin it Online Scavenger Hunt

Classroom Snowman Ideas for Preschool and Elementary

Updated with Styrofoam Cup Snowman Tutorial and more Snowmen from our Pinterest friends who tired it! So, you want to make a plastic cup snowman for your classroom door or bulletin board. It's so cool, but how do you do it? Check out this Styrofoam cup SNOWMAN entered in a teacher's door decorating contest. 

This post contains affiliate links.

Did you know you can pin posts from your blog or pictures of your classroom door on our Pinterest board for teachers. We also have a Pinterest board just for Snowmen Stuff, just send a message in Pinterest with a request to join.

Scroll down the page for our favorite classroom snowman decoration ideas and the how to make the door snowman from plastic cups. Enjoy!

Edible Snowmen for Classroom Party

Christmas Games for Parties: Perfect for the Classroom!

Snowman Uploaded by Tiffany Cone Webb 
Click the pic to follow her on Pinterest.

Styrofoam Cup Snowman: This Classroom Door snowman was designed for a door decorating contest. Yes, he won! But, the question is...

How do you make a snowman for a classroom door from Styrofoam cups? 

The serious answer is very, very carefully with lots of patience. Plastic Cups are easier to staple than Styrofoam cups. They also have more give when assembling the snowman. Try using sticky Velcro strips to attach your snowman creation to the door, wall, or classroom bulletin board.

This one was created by Destinie S. and uploaded to Pinterest.
Click Plastic Cup Snowman with lights to see the video with flashing lights. Great job!

Good news! We found a video that shows how to make balls from plastic cups. In the video, you'll see that they make two halves and attach them to form a ball. So, you'll only need to make one half and then attach it to the wall. However, if you make the entire ball , you can make a stand alone cup snowman decoration. Check out this cute one, made to look like Olaf from Frozen!

Plastic Cup Snowman made to look like Olaf! We found this one at diycuteness blog.


Get LEGO OLAF on Amazon.

diycuteness also shared this plastic cup snowman for the classroom door.

How to Make a Snowman from Plastic or Styrofoam Cups:

Watch the video above to learn how to make a classroom door snowman from plastic cups. In the video, it shows how to make balls to make light decorations for parties. You can adapt this method to create the snowballs to build your snowman on a door.

Get short Styrofoam cups like the plastic cups in the picture.

FYI: We tried making the Styrofoam cup snowman several times. We finally made something resembling a circle, but never felt it was a good enough snowball to share. However, we tried it with tiny medicine cups which were difficult to staple. And then, we tried using glue to attach Styrofoam cups together. The method in the video with regular size plastic cups stapled together seems to work, but the circles are difficult to get perfectly round. 

Good luck, you're going to need it!

• While you're at it, turn your kids into snowman with this cute snowman craft for the class! Then, place them all on your winter bulletin board.

The original source seems to be a teacher's album 

on Photobucket.com ~ michellelgagne's album

• We found some great Snowman crafts at OrientalTrading and fun, free snowman worksheets at TeacherSherpa.com. Check out our post and follow along on Instagram to keep up with all of our crafty classroom activities! 

Winter Bulletin Board: Snowmen, Penguins, and Snowflakes on Amazon.

• Get winter snowflake decorations for Snowman Mobile.

• Make a Snowflake Snowman! These are a fun classroom craft for the winter months. Go to Amazon to get snowflakes to make the mobile.

Recommended Reading:

Get the Companion Book, It's Snowing! by Gail Gibbons

Snowman Activities for Children

Cardboard Tube Snowman Treat Cup

Classroom Valentine Snowman

Homeschool Projects for Lesson Planning

Get Snowmen At Christmas Book

Plastic Cup Halloween Lights

Top 10 Reasons to Hate Juice Packs, Recycle Plastic Bottles

Recycle Plastic Bottles for Lunch

Recycle Kid's Trash to Ease Mommy Woes. Hate Juice Packs? We're always looking for new ways to recycle plastic bottles. The juice pack mess really sparked this idea. How do you teach your kids to recycle? Enjoy!

How do you teach your kids to recycle? 

Ways to Recycle Plastic Bottles

Here are 10 reasons to hate juice packs:

1.  Straw wrappers. Everywhere.
2.  "Mommy, I can't get a straw in here!" (But they want to, try really hard, and squeeze juice everywhere.)
3.  Little dots of juice turned dirt magnets on the carpet. Everywhere.
4.  One box takes up a lot of fridge room and only lasts one day. Expensive, considering.
5.  Pouches in landfills. Everywhere.
6.  Half-full pouch tossed in trash because kids too lazy too squeeze out last drop.
7.  "I don't like Kiwi Strawberry." "I don't like lemonade." "Wah!" (Complaints)
8.  "Look, it's a volcano!" Everywhere.
9.  Added sugar.
10. Instant Balloon toys, need I say more?


Solution:
Recycle mini-soda bottles, fill with healthy drinks of your choice or even Kool-aid. Saves money, the environment, and Mommy headaches. 

Reuse Plastic Bottles: Kid's choose their favorite flavor and reseal for later.


Store recycled mini-plastic bottles in the bottom of fridge door for easy access: 
Allows for preschooler independence!

Of course, water bottles work too; maybe try it for lazy grown-ups or portion control.

Recommended Reading:

Uses for Plastic Bottles

Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids by Gail Gibbons* 

Recycle a Bottle into a Valentine Card Holder

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Pin~it Online Scavenger Hunt July 21, 2012

Pinterest Preschool Scavenger Hunt

Get the kids involved, Pin posts from your blog or classroom on Pinterest and have a blast hunting for Curriculum related themes on the web. 

This week's keyword search topics are: 

Bulletin Board Ideas

Classroom Posters/Sayings

Join the fun on Pinterest.

New Topics every Monday. Weekly winner is chosen by you.

The pin with the most re-pins is showcased here each week and the ORIGINAL pinner wins a small prize packe from vendor donations to the blog or my collection of goodies :-)

Winning pin (7/16) pinned by  Jennifer O.  from the blog, Chocolate Covered Katie

Copycat Recipe, Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs

Fav pin (7/16)  pinned by Artsy Craftsy Mom  from Education.com 

Wanna join? Leave a comment on Pinterest to be added to the board as a collaborative pinner (under the purple tack).  Any comment on any post will do, just let us know you'd like to join the hunt :-)

Sign up for email alerts on the right side bar, pretty please :-) Thanks for playing!