The other day, I was blog surfing and I came upon this link: “Deal”icious Mom: Ocean In A Bottle Craft. How awesome! Captain Fussybuckets has been asking to go to the beach, so I thought that this would be the perfect Mommy-Son while Baby D is sleeping craft! I saved a sports drink bottle, found some Baby Oil in the cabinet, and we went in search of shells and cool rocks outside. I knew that there were two snail shells in the front garden, because CF always picks them out and wants to “go check on them.” Then, we got some sandy-dirt, and I thought “eh, it’ll work.” WRONG.
First fail: USE SAND!
I totally scrapped the first bottle because it was just dirty water. Clearly NOT sand.
So, I decided to make it without sand. (we seriously have no sand!)
I measured out the water, put food coloring in it, put the baby oil in, CF put the snail shells in…and I sealed it up with hot glue.
Second fail: do NOT use snail shells. They float and do not sink to the bottom. Lovely. And they kinda gross me out, to tell you the truth.
Oh well. The Captain is 2 1/2 and he’s still amused by how the oil and water separate. I tell him it looks like the ocean and he believes me. Whatever works. ha! At least it was a fun little activity.
Signing off,
Not So Crafty Mommy
Gena is the mom of two energetic boys, ages 4 and 2, the wife of a great man, a Christian, blogger, and former kindergarten teacher turned stay-at-home mom! They live in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth, Texas area!
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Ha ha I still think it is beautiful! I am not so crafty either ;( I try to find the simplest crafts to do with my boys so that I look like a super mom! Thanks for sharing!
Kids are happy no matter what!
I hate when craft projects don't turn out, but he had fun doing it and having Mom Time.
It looks like a cute idea. Will you try it again if you have sand?
I haven't tried it. Long ago the snowglobes with water/oil I think are my only similar experience.
Nah, I think I'm done with this craft. ha! I kinda want to try a snowglobe now, though. LOL!
OMG, I am laughing now because I completely failed at this one too! It looked so easy! How on earth could it go so wrong? But alas, it did. I'm just not a crafty mom.
haha! Me neither! Everything ALWAYS looks so easy and then I quickly find out that it's NOT easy for me, the non-craft mommy! I'm relieved to hear that someone else failed, too. ;)