My mother in law and I have been hearing tons about these glitter jars lately. We decided to make some of our own with the kiddos. I just love the idea of them as a parenting tool, and even to calm my own nerves from time to time lol. When you or your little ones are feeling out of sorts or need a minute to calm and process information, just shake the jar and watch the glitter go around and start to settle. Once the glitter is all settled, you should feel better and more calm to address the issue at hand.
There are a bunch of tutorials online about glitter jars (time out jars, mind jars, meditation jars and galaxy in a jar)). We read through a few, then just kind of came up with our own way to make them. They turned out very pretty :)
First we gathered supplies:
Empty Jars
Glitter Glue
Loose Glitter, different sizes
Glow in the Dark Stars
Charms
Food Coloring
Hot Water
Step 1 - Fill your empty jar one third of the way with hot water.
Step 2 - Add a couple tablespoons of glitter glue, or clear glue with out glitter and stir thoroughly. It is up to you how much to add. The more glue you use, the longer it takes the glitter to settle in your ending product.
Step 3 - Now add anything extra, like a drop of food coloring, charms, sequence and more glitter. This is where you can really customize your jar, and add things you think are pretty :)
Step 4 - Fill the remaining space in the jar with more water until it's an inch from the top.
Step 5 - Secure lid tightly, shake, watch and relax :
Here are a few that we made today.
The kids made some with recycled baby food jars :)
So far they have been working great :)
Here is a video to really show how they look :)
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