Glitter Jars: How To Make Your Own For Fall

Do your kids love sensory bottles, glitter jars, or glitter bottles? Our homemade fall glitter jars can be reinvented each season or holiday for a fun and creative sensory activity. Glitter jars take very little time to make but offer numerous, lasting benefits for your kids. Sensory activities are hit for kids of all ages and these sensory glitter jars make a great calm down tool with their mesmerizing sparkle!

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN CALMING GLITTER JAR

FALL GLITTER JAR

A glitter bottle or glitter jar is a fun way to enhance the season through beautiful glittering colors. Fall can be an amazingly beautiful season depending on where you live with glorious jewel-toned leaves, pumpkins, apples, and gourds!

Bright, sparkly, and mesmerizing for kids of all ages, these calming glitter jars are just what you need for a busy season!

THE BENEFITS OF A GLITTER JAR

Visual sensory play for toddlers, preschoolers and elementary.
Excellent calming tool for anxiety. Simply shake and focus on the glitter.
Great for calm down time. Create a basket of calm down goodies in a quiet space for when your child needs to regroup and spend a few minutes alone.
Color play or science-themed for additional educational value. See our fall sensory bottles.
Language development. Anything that can spark curiosity and interest makes for great social interaction and conversation.

DIY GLITTER JAR RECIPE

You don’t need pricey colored glue to make our glitter jars! These calming glitter jars with clear glue do the trick. All you need is clear glue, food coloring, and glitter.

If you love to make slime as we do, then I bet you have all the sensory bottle supplies you need! A gallon of clear glue is inexpensive and will make lots of bottles or jars. Of course, you can make these sensory glitter jars with glitter glue too and eliminate having to add the glitter and food coloring for less mess!

Check out our glittery red apple slime that would also look fun in these containers!

GLITTER JAR SUPPLIES:

Bottles or jars (any shape, size you like) – this recipe is based off an 8-ounce size jar.
2/3 cup (or 6-ounce bottle) of clear washable school glue
1/4-1/2 cup of water (warm or room temperature is best we found for mixing with the glue)
Food coloring
1 tablespoon or so of glitter or confetti
Pipe cleaners and construction paper (optional for decorating jars)

HOW TO MAKE A GLITTER JAR

1: Empty the glue into your jar.

2: Add about 1/4 cup of warm water to the glue and mix well to combine.

3: Next, add food coloring and stir to combine! If you are adding glitter or confetti, stir the glitter or confetti into the glue mixture.

You can even combine glitter and confetti! Look for fun theme confetti for any season or holiday and this basic process will be so easy to repeat to make a glitter jar for any occasion.

4: Now it’s time to get your glitter jar sparkling! Seal the jar and shake well.

SENSORY BOTTLE TIP: If the glitter or confetti does not move around easily, add more warm water. If the glitter or confetti moves to quickly, add additional glue to slow it down.

Changing the viscosity or consistency of the mixture will change the movement of the glitter or confetti. There’s a bit of science for you too!

Decorate your jars with fall accessories to complete the theme! Here are the jars we made.

PUMPKIN GLITTER JAR:

Clear glue and water
Orange food coloring
Orange glitter
Pipe cleaner tendrils and stem

APPLE GLITTER JAR:

Clear glue and water
Red food coloring
Red glitter
Pipe cleaner stem and green paper leaves

FALL LEAVES GLITTER JAR:

Clear glue and water
Yellow food coloring
Gold glitter and leaf confetti
Decorate with mini pine cones or paper leaves if desired

MORE SENSORY BOTTLE IDEAS TO TRY

MAKE A SPARKLY FALL GLITTER JAR OR TWO!

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