Do you ever have issues getting your little ones to go to bed or sleep? I do, some times. She's gotten a TON better over the years, now that she's realized that she doesn't miss out on anything while she's sleeping, and since she's realized she NEEDS her sleep, she no longer cares too much!
However, this particular blog, Kid's Activity Blog, would have been pretty handy to have had back in the day of fighting a monster of a child while putting her to bed. She lists some truly great ideas for helping to calm your children down during bed time to ease them off to dream land.
Among these really awesome ideas was this:
A glowing sensory bottle!
How cute is that?! I love this idea. Mainly because it's not a game or anything that they have to play with to calm them down. They can keep this by their beds and play with it as they fall asleep, and it still eases their minds as they stare into the stars and glitter!
So, here's the website on how to make this super awesome bed time object:
What you'll need:
- DURABLE plastic bottle
- Hair Gel, fill the bottle to nearly full bottle.
- Glitter Glue, use a squirt.
- Glow in the dark paint, another squirt.
- Super Glue, for the lid!
- Glow-in-the-dark mini stars. (I have found some of these at Wal-mart.)
Mix it all up and give it a good shake, after you glue the top on of course, and watch the magic! :)
My sweet girl might be a smidgen too old for this, but I still plan on making it with her! I think she'll love it and it'll still be helpful for her to fall asleep on those nights where she really fights it still.
-Stephanie
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