Upcycling Plastic Bottles.

Great ideas found here :Under the Table and Dreaming for leftover plastic bottles. I am planning on doing the bracelet ones. It may be awhile, but hopefully have pictures if they turn out descent on here. I also love the gift ideas dome and may do that- perhaps today for my son's birthday.I am making mini grasshopper pies and this would be cute.

On the 4th we did this one:

Bubble snakes

This also featured on the link above. The items need to do this are:

Sock with no mate, scissors, bubble -or make your own- rubber band, empty plastic thin bottle and if you want coloring: food colors of choice.

1. 1. Cut sock to slip on sleeve.
   2. Cut off bottom of bottle (parent's job?)
   3. Fit sleeve from sock on bottle covering end with it to make bubbles come out of it.
   4. In small shallow bowls: (not shown ) put layer of bubbles and mix in coloring to your tastes. 
   5. Wrap rubber band on sock to hold it on bottle on shaft of it. 
   6.  Outside and dip bottom in bubble mixture. blow and have fun.
      
      
      

4th of July Kid's Fun Projects

We did this for the 4th in place of fireworks this year since the heat here in the mid west was so bad you were not allowed to purchase. These are great projects to do about anytime of year to your discretion.

Fireflies Jar. We love them here-the real ones!

Things needed for firefly jar project: lidded bottle or jar that you do not need for anything else, assorted glow sticks, and glitter of your choosing. Simple

1. The first Picture above is an example picture from Pinterest. This went to a spam sites,so I will not give a link for credit to the blog for it. The "pin" on Pinterest had directions there (cannot pin this now because site is spam) and they actually worked so I still suggest doing it.  .

I upcycled a clear coffee bottle, bought the glowers at the dollar store and had the glitter.


Gather your jar, break open the glow sticks (be careful to supervise, maybe use gloves and keep the stuff from spilling except in jar. I let my kids do it themselves but they are older. Also I do not know what this might do to clothing so wear old duds.)Pour the glow goop out of stick(s)into the jar(s)and add glitter. Put lid on tight and shake. Now find a dark place and enjoy the fun. We did this in the day and our bathroom is dark without the lights on, but this would work great at night time for outside when warm.


I was planning on posting all our projects, but the post turned longer than expected so I will continue this post with other projects in the next few days. 

As an extra we did not look up the scientific stuff on this one, but I am sure it would be interesting. If it had gone to a site it may have been included so if you want to try to do that let us know what you found on it.