Whether you’re celebrating the 100th Day of School, 100 Acts of Kindness, or Valentine’s Day, making a 100 hearts sensory bottle (100 hearts calming bottle) can be a great addition to your activities.
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We made our 100 hearts sensory bottle as an extension for our 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge.
Materials Used
- Voss 11.2 oz. bottle
- ½” Acrylic Rhinestone Hearts (I got 300 pink and red ones to use for a variety of activities.)
- Distilled Water
- Clear Hair Gel (Clear glue could be used instead of hair gel.)
How to Make a 100 Hearts Sensory Bottle (100 Hearts Calming Bottle)
Counting Hearts and Placing Them in the 100 Hearts Sensory Bottle
This was amazingly easy to do! I added the hair gel to a water bottle ¾ full of distilled water. I used (maybe) ½ cup or so of hair gel. It really depends on how quickly you want the acrylic hearts to fall slowly to the bottom (or whether you mainly want them to float). You can easily adapt the movement of the hearts by adding more water or hair gel as needed.
My daughter, Christina, and her 23-month-old son, Caleb, completed the sensory bottle together. Caleb loves learning Spanish, so they focused on 1-20 in Spanish as Caleb placed the hearts in the bottle that was already filled with the water and hair gel. Then Caleb added hearts from groups of 10 hearts.
You could add glitter or confetti, too, but I just wanted to keep the focus on 100 hearts.
Mixing the 100 Hearts Sensory Bottle Ingredients to the Song “Shake, Shake, Shake” by Nancy Kopman
Caleb mixed the ingredients by shaking the bottle to the song “Shake, Shake, Shake” (one of my grandkids’ favorites) from Nancy Kopman’s Senses album! Caleb knows the song well enough that he was singing it on his own! Then we turned on the music, too. This is a fun project for a variety of ages!
We now have the 100 hearts bottle as part of our mindfulness area along with a Montessori Mindful Breathing Board from Montessori ReStore on Etsy. We have both heart- and star- mindful breathing boards. I love that the phrase for the heart mindful breathing board is “I am loving. I am loved.” It’s perfect for a mindfulness/peace area for a kindness project, Valentine’s Day, or any time!
To see more about our 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge, see my post with our “Family and Neighborhood 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge for Toddlers on Up.”
100th Day of School Resources
- Montessori-Inspired 100th Day of School Activities
- 100th Day Activities – Free Printable Extensions for the Hundred Board
- Free Songs about 100 {Free Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time}
- Kids’ 100th Day Activities Pinterest Board
100 Acts of Kindness Resources
- Join the 100 Acts of Kindness Project (2011)
- Try a Little Kindness (2012)
- Kindness Challenge #2: Montessori-Inspired Kindness (2012)
- Montessori-Inspired 100 Acts of Kindness Project (2013)
- Operation Beautiful Meets 100 Acts of Kindness Project (2014)
- Family Fun with 100 Acts of Kindness and Operation Beautiful (2014)
- Including a Toddler in the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge (2015)
- Using Montessori Principles in the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge (2015)
- Focusing on Toddler Manners in the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge (2016)
- Completing 100 Acts of Kindness (Toddler Manners challenge) and Starting 100+ Acts of Kindness (2016)
- Encouraging 100 Acts of Kindness with the Kindness Elves (2017)
- Fun with Kindness Elves, 100 Acts of Kindness, and the Kind Words Challenge (2017)
- 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge for Big Sisters and Big Brothers (2018)
- Family 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge for Babies and Older Children (2019)
- Family and Neighborhood 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge for Toddlers on Up (2020)
- Focusing on acts of kindness in the family and reading books about empathy. We followed up with songs and educational videos about empathy. (2022)
- Kindness Project for Children and Adults of All Ages {100 Acts of Kindness} (our current post with the ideas we’ve continued to use each year)
Valentine’s Day Resources
- Turning Valentine Crafts into Montessori-Oriented Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Valentine’s Day Activities
- Kindness Challenge #2 – Montessori-Inspired Kindness
- Montessori-Inspired Valentine’s Day Activities (2012)
- Montessori-Inspired Valentine Math Trays and Valentine Ideas Blog Hop
- Montessori-Inspired Hundred Acts of Kindness Project
- Homeschool Valentine’s Day
- Montessori-Inspired Transferring Activities for February
- Water Pouring and Water-Bead Pouring
- Free Valentine Learning Printables and Montessori-Inspired Valentine Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Valentine’s Day Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
- Free Valentine’s Day Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time
- Free Valentine’s Day Sensory Bin with Practical Life and Math Activities
- Easy-to-Prepare Valentine Heart and Colander Practical Life Activity
- Valentine’s Day Cutting Tray with Strings of Beads
- Free Heart Printables and Montessori-Inspired Heart Activities {Human Heart and Valentine Hearts}
- Montessori-Inspired Heart Unit {Hundreds of Human Heart and Valentine Heat Resources}
- Free Heart and Valentine Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- The Best Heart Books for Kids {Human Heart, Love, and Valentine’s Day Books}
- Free Animal Valentine Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Kids’ Valentine’s Day Activities Pinterest Board
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