Activities & Days Out / 24 January, 2018 / Nanny Anita

Hama Bead Sensory Bottle for Babies and Toddlers

BB is now almost a year old and tries to get into everything. He is pulling himself up on all the furniture which does make it tricker to do activities with small objects with the older two. The other day EC, YC, and I were playing with the Hama beads. When this little head bobs up over the side of the table and a hand comes shooting towards the beads. Of course he is too little at the moment to play with them, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t enjoy them. We just have to find another way for him. Cue the Hama bead sensory bottle.

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You will need:

• Bottle
• Hama beads
• Clear soap
• Water
• Funnel
• Glue

I personally like to use smaller bottles when making sensory bottles for small hands. It makes it easier for them to pick up. If you are using bottles that have a sticky residue on them, then check out this nifty video on how to remove it.

Fill your bottle up with equal parts soap and water. Make sure you leave space at the top for the beads to go in. The soap helps to suspend the Hama beads so that when you shake it they don’t immediately float right to the top.

Next add the beads. I went for rainbow colours. If you have only a few colours left of certain beads this is a good way to use them up.  You may want to play around with the Hama bead sensory bottle to see if you want to add more water or soap. I kept tipping water out until I had the right consistency.

When you are finally happy with it give the outside a good rinse to get rid of any soap and then dry it thoroughly.

Before you hand it over to you little one make sure that you glue the lid down. I use a hot glue for this. This just means that your little one isn’t going to accidentally open it (which, let’s face it, they probably will).

BB is enthralled with his bottle and likes to shake it up and down. As he liked it so much I made him another one, but this time using old loom bands.

If you liked this Hama bead sensory bottle be sure to check out my calm down bottles and sensory tubes.

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