About a week ago while at the grocery store I was conned into buying these cute little Apple juices by one persuasive three year old. We were about to head up to New York for a lunch get together with some other "trauma moms" from Orlando. This would be a four hour trip up and a four hour trip back for lunch, crazy right?! BUT oh so worth it ;). Anyway, we had to pick up some snacks and these made their way into my cart.
(This picture is of the plastic bottles, our grocery store only had glass....I'm keeping my eye out for these!)
I decided these little bottles couldn't go to waste and found the perfect craft to put them to use.
I had picked up several different beads at a craft store awhile back on clearance. You will need letter beads and an assortment of others. I had soccer balls, footballs, baseballs, and animals. I also had some sequins that I thought would look great.
We filled the jars up with rice. You can dye the rice using food coloring but we didn't do that this time. You will need to leave some space in the jars so they can be "shaken" around.
I had the kids each pick a color of sequins and dump them in the jar and then let them pick an assortment of beads to put in.
In Matthews jar we put the letters "RELAX" and in the younger two kiddos we put their names.
Once everything was in, we superglued the caps on, hopefully avoiding any curious hands from dumping rice everywhere. The glass jars themselves may be a little iffy for a child prone to throwing things when upset, but were gonna hope for the best! You could always use a little plastic water bottle instead if you're worried about it breaking or maybe you will be lucky enough to find the plastic version of these jars in your local store.
For now we put our jars over in the calm down corner. The boys have gone over several times to play I Spy and find their letters or other beads.
What a great message for our kiddos, despite everything they have been through they can still reach their biggest dreams. I hope you win and can enjoy it with your kids!
GIVEAWAY:
In addition to using Art to help the boys and I connect, one other great way to communicate with children is BOOKS! I love using books that are relevant to whatever a particular child is going through. I've got a great give away for all my readers of a new book written by Ricky Martin. The book is called "Santiago the Dreamer in Land Among the Stars":
"Santiago’s biggest dream is to perform on stage. But when he doesn’t get the lead role in the school play, he can’t help but doubt himself. Encouraged by his father’s inspiring words, Santiago rebuilds his confidence and finds that with passion and dedication, you can achieve amazing things beyond your wildest imagination." - Amazon
What a great message for our kiddos, despite everything they have been through they can still reach their biggest dreams. I hope you win and can enjoy it with your kids!
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