Color Shifting Glitter Bottle

Larger purple glitter sinks faster than the smaller blue glitter in this Color Shifting Glitter Bottle, creating a cool color shifting effect.

I have been buying a lot of glitter for my sensory bottles lately, so I thought it would be a good idea to invest in a multi-pack so that I would have a bunch of colors on hand and I wouldn’t have to run out to the store every time I wanted a new color. The multipack has come in very handy and I think the purchase was well worth it. It will last a long time.

When I brought it home, I was admiring all of the different colors and I noticed a very slight inconsistency in the size of the glitter flakes. I checked the packaging, and it said that there was supposed to be 17 shakers of fine glitter and 4 shakers of jumbo glitter. However, I noticed two shakers that had glitter flakes slightly larger than the rest of the “fine” glitter. It made me wonder what it would look like if I combined the two different sizes of glitter in one bottle. I had to experiment!

I set up my favorite liquid ingredients for glitter bottles, then added equal amounts of blue “fine” glitter and purple “slightly larger than fine” glitter. The results were pretty cool. When I shake the bottle, the two colors mix, and I can see the blue and purple glitter swirling together. Since the purple glitter is larger, it falls to the bottom faster, leaving the blue glitter suspended. It takes about two minutes for the purple glitter to fall to the bottom, and five minutes for the blue glitter. It looked even better when I used my sensory bottle light (see this post to find out how I made it).

I tried a couple of other color combinations, but none of them seemed to work quite as well as the blue/purple combination. I also tried combining fine glitter with medium glitter and jumbo glitter, and it just didn’t have the same color shifting effect. 

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If you are interested in making a Color Shifting Glitter Bottle, here is what I used:

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• 11 oz VOSS water bottle – Target
• Fill bottle with 9 oz water
• Add ¾ tsp blue fine glitter – Michael’s (same set as below)
• Add ¾ tsp purple (slightly larger than fine) glitter – Michael’s (this is the set I bought, but I cannot guarantee that all sets have the same size variations as mine)
• Fill to top with Elmer’s clear glue (about 2 oz) – Target
• ⅛ tsp liquid dish soap (only needed if glitter clumps) – Target
• Super glue (for gluing the lid shut) – Target

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Thank you for checking out my Color Shifting Glitter Bottle!

“Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.”

James 1:17

~Sarah~

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