Loom bands make ideal fillers for sensory bottles (aka discovery bottles). They are bright and colourful, small enough to easily fit inside any bottle, and float around nicely to create a cool effect. Making your own loom band sensory bottle is simple. It only takes a couple of minutes and 3 ingredients. I’ve made a quick video to show just how super easy it is, so check that out towards the end of the post.
To make your loom band sensory bottle you will need:
- A few handfuls of loom bands in whatever colours you have available. These can be bought cheaply in pound shops or toy shops if you don’t have any
- Large empty water bottle. We use Voss, since I love their clean shape and design.
- A few drops of glycerin
- Water
How to make your loom band sensory bottle
Just drop each item into the bottle: loom bands first, then water, then glycerin. The quantity of glycerin is up to you, it just serves to slow down the motion of the loom bands in the water. If you don’t have any, feel free to miss it out. The sensory bottle will still work, but your loom bands will move a little freer and faster.
If you have a young baby and are worried about them getting into the bottle and into the loom bands, then glue the lid on with a hot glue gun. Since my boys are out of that stage now, we just screw the lid on tightly which makes it easy to change the contents of the sensory bottle whenever we feel like it.
R loved the effect of the loom bands moving all around. These are fun for all ages to play with.
Watch the video
More Sensory Bottles
You might also like to try making these simple sensory bottles
- Glitter sensory bottle
- Musical shaker sensory bottle
- Water Beads Sensory Bottle
- DIY Sensory Tube
- DIY Sensory Snow Globe
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May 18, 2015 @ 1:57 am
Very cute! Great idea on reusing those looms! Thanks for linking up on Toddler Fun Friday!
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June 17, 2015 @ 3:09 pm
So colorful and easy (my favorite kind, lol!) I love those Voss bottles too though I’m too cheap to buy them myself 😉
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September 10, 2015 @ 8:47 am
That is really sweet and works so well. So simple – and something to do with the 4 million loom bands we have lying around!
February 23, 2016 @ 10:21 pm
My loom band float to the top not sink to the bottom. Any advice?
February 24, 2016 @ 12:16 pm
Do they not float around within the bottle at all? I’m not sure as I didn’t have this issue with mine, I wonder if you tried a different brand of loom band whether it would make any difference?
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November 15, 2018 @ 5:05 am
Tried this for my granddaughter, it was hilarious. I used pink and purple loom bands. Give it a shake and mix them up, then the pink ones sunk to the bottom, while the purple ones floated to the top. It was great watching them slide past each other on their way to join their “family”.