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    Home » Early Years Science » Magnet Sensory Bottles

    Magnet Sensory Bottles

    March 3, 2014 By Emma Vanstone 1 Comment

    Sensory bottles are fantastic fun for young children, but might take a bit of practice to get right. They are inexpensive to make and can be themed to whatever your child happens to be interested in. We had great fun with these magnet sensory bottles made for pirate week at school.

    We just used an empty soda bottle for ours, but any plastic bottle with a lid works perfectly. Just make sure the lid doesn’t come off easily and rinse well before use.

    If you like this idea, don’t forget we’ve got lots more preschool science experiments to try.

    Magnet Sensory Bottle

    This magnet sensory bottle is a super simple sensory activity perfect for introducing the concept of magnetism to little ones.

    We did find the water went cloudy after a few days so it’s not an example of a long lasting sensory bottle but definitely fun while it lasted!

    Capturing Parenthood has a lovely pipe cleaner sensory bottle with no water which looks great too!

    Materials

    Water

    Pirate ‘treasure’

    Bottle with lid

    Coloured rice/pasta

    Small magnetic and non objects

    A magnet

    Pasta and Rice Sensory Bottle

    Instructions

    Carefully pour your coloured rice and pasta into the bottle, add the small objects and give a good shake.

    Use the magnet to move the magnetic objects around the bottle. How many can you find?

    How to colour rice and pasta

    Pour your rice or pasta into a bowl.

    Add a small amount of vinegar and food colouring and mix well.

    Leave to dry.

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    Water bottle Sensory Bottle

    Fill up a bottle about ¾ full with water and add some pirate treasure and some coins.

    Use your magnet to find the coins, how many can you find?

    magnet sensory bottle


    Magnetic Sensory bottle

    What’s your favourite magnetism activity?

    Extension ideas

    Does a plastic bottle work better than a glass bottle?

    Can you try different strength magnets?

    We used the Learning Resources Super Magnet Classroom Lab Kit to create this activity.

    More Magnet Experiments for Preschoolers

    Go magnet fishing with a magnet hung onto a rod and a tray of magnetic and non magnetic items.

    We love this mess free magnet learning centre from Left Brain Craft Brain.

    Make a magnet maze, we love these as you can theme them in so many different ways.

    This rainbow magnet sensory bottle from Fun Learning For Kids is awesome too!

    Collection of easy magnetic sensory bottles - great preschool science experiments #sensorybottles #magnets #magnetismexperiments

    Contains affiliate links

    Last Updated on March 3, 2020 by Emma Vanstone

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