Glitter Bottle

[Steph]

This is a glitter bottle based on a craft I made in kindergarten that used crayon shavings and crappy plastic bottles instead of good glitter and glass bottles.  I made this thing over four years ago and it has entertained me with sparkly goodness ever since.  It's very simple and takes only a few minutes to make.

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I took a lovely blue glass bottle and sterilized it by rinsing it in hot water.  Then I funneled a few teaspoons of silver glitter into the bottle and filled it with more boiling water, corked it, and let it cool off.  

I did the same thing with a Snapple Elements bottle that I fell in love with.  But, I filled it with larger multicolored sequins in assorted shapes.  When I poured the boiling water in, the sequins tainted the water pink.  I have since lost the bottle, sadly.  
<-- This isn't the actual bottle I made, but damn, I love the lines on the thing.

[CircusManager220]

THat is so cool! I can't believe it! I shall make one with my bottle collection!

[AnnaReilly]

That's very pretty!

[Tracey]

 Where do the Crayone Shavings come into play?
 
That is very pretty!

[Lenae]

That looks cool!

[Steph]

Where do the Crayone Shavings come into play?
 
That is very pretty!

The crayon shavings were the floaty stuff in the original craft I made in kindergarten.  It was a Valentine's Day project and we used pink, red, and white crayon shavings and cool tap water.  Sadly, that bottle filled up with cloudy green stuff soon therafter.

[Polesmoker69]

why fill it with boiling water??

[bewitched]

Sadly, that bottle filled up with cloudy green stuff soon therafter.

a couple of teaspoons of white vinegar or vodka in the water should prevent that from happening  

[ForevrBee]

I've done it before with two bottles filled with glitter & beads. This was during a bit of a recouperational period for me (I had surgery on my Achilles' Tendons, 10 years in June). One of the bottles has since been thrown away (My favorite, to be precise), but I keep the suviving bottle on my nightstand.

[ace]

i used glow in the dark sidewalk chalk all mooshed up and holographic glitter in one years back
its in an old plastic faygo bottle

we call it the squimly ..

and when my friend and i were kids we would kick it around the yard at night, but now it is retired and sitting on my monitor in all its loved goodness

[katiad]

Nifty idea! Never made one... but I think I may...

[carrierocks]

I like shiny things.

[Shironami]

So simple, yet so effective.

[AmyGroovy3]

i cant c the pics, it sez the account is inactive

[blonde11584]

I would love to try this idea but have a few questions. 1 can you use a plastic bottle instead of a glass bottlec. 2 do you have to use boiling hot water. 3 Could you put something in with the glitter or instead of the glitter.

[mreld]

omg, i just made one of these for my 2 year old daughter! she found my craft stuff, and wanted to play w/glitter, and i had and empty (plastic) soda bottle sitting around, and voila! and now i'm so excited that someone else has done the same thing b/c my husband and friends think i'm nuts for doing it! hurray validation! oh, and she loves it, btw. i sealed up the top w/hot glue, then glued some pretty purple fabric w/pink flowers over the cap. she calls it her "pretty" lol.