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I spy Bottles (DIY craft for travelling with kids)

A little while ago I posted a craft project for DIY I Spy Bottles. I made two! For Lena I made a fairytale themed I Spy Bottle, containing a single shoe, a crown, Snow White, a pink heart, a golden coin, a real pearl and so on. I put them in a big bottle and she had a great time finding all trinkets. The pearl took the most time to find: even her 29 year old uncle had to shake that bottle for a good 15 minutes ;-)

For Jet (who’s only 1,5 year old) I made a smaller version, so she could hold it more easily. That way, she could spot something very quick too. Her I Spy Bottle was circus themed, and she liked the lion best – closely followed by the red car ;-)

All in all, I think it’s a great DIY project: the kids played with it during the whole trip,  during the holiday itself AND on the way back. And making it was fun too, and very easy.

I used this tutorial from Silly Eagles Blog. I did change a few things though, like using bigger bottles, taking a photograph of all hidden trinkets (rather than drawing, which I thougth would be too time-consuming) and I chose to make it themed bottles. But the idea stays the same!

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Want to make an I Spy bottle too? I’ll give you one extra tip: make sure to find bottles with a wide neck, so you can put bigger trinkets in them.

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Extra tip: make a bunch of themed I Spy Bottles to fill birthday party goodiebags – a garantued hit!

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This entry (permalink) was posted on 24 August 2010 at 12:08 pm by Diana. Category: Ozowiezo, Tips: babies & kids, Tips: ecofabulous, Tips: feestje!, Tips: voor mama's, Zelfgemaakt: door en voor jou.

8 Comments

  1. avatar vanessa

    I love how yours turned out! The picture idea is GENIUS! :) So much better than drawing–which you are right, is time consuming.

    I like how you chose a theme, as well. Thanks for sharing this link with me! I’m glad to find your blog!

    Posted on 24 August 2010 at 5:50 PM | Permalink
  2. avatar Nadine

    Geweldig! Dat ga ik ook doen met de kinderen. Ook die zoekplaat voor wandelingen in de natuur (met stickers). Leuk leuk leuk!

    Posted on 24 August 2010 at 9:40 PM | Permalink
  3. avatar Ozowiezo

    Thanks @vanessa for your sweet comment – and for inspiring me to make those bottles in the first place!

    @Nadine: leuk he! Ik heb al een stapel uitgeprinte natuurspeurtochten liggen, nu nog even wachten op een droge dag ;-)

    Posted on 26 August 2010 at 8:47 AM | Permalink
  4. avatar Mariko

    Hoiii Diana, ik vond dit zo’n leuk idee (en wat is jouw versie weer cool), ik heb het meteen ff getweet. Je jongste telg is ook een poepie zeg! Groetjes

    Posted on 2 September 2010 at 9:44 AM | Permalink
  5. avatar Martine

    Ik was al heel benieuwd, tijdens je vakantie, de post lezend. En wat zíen ze er mooi uit! De flessen. EN je dochters!

    Posted on 4 September 2010 at 8:44 PM | Permalink
  6. avatar Ozowiezo

    @mariko @martine: dank voor de complimenten #dochters #cuties ;-)

    Posted on 6 September 2010 at 11:41 AM | Permalink
  7. avatar Tara Weigner

    I love this idea, I’ve had it pinned since early this year and I just finally featured it on my blog as an item I want to make for the upcoming holiday. http://bandaidparade.blogspot.com/2012/10/what-are-you-making.html

    Thanks for sharing!
    Tara

    Posted on 31 October 2012 at 5:02 PM | Permalink
  8. avatar Diana

    Thanks Tara! Love your round-up – I’m honored to be part of that.

    Posted on 31 October 2012 at 6:05 PM | Permalink

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