DIY I-SPY Bottles
DIY I-SPY Bottles WHAT YOU WILL NEED: CLEAN EMPTY PLASTIC BOTTLE FUNNEL DYED OR PLAIN WHITE RICE STRONG GLUE SMALL OBJECTS INDEX CARD RUBBER BAND The first step will be dying your rice, if you chose to do so. This is the most time consuming step. I used a tutorial from http://www.mamamiss.com/2012/05/08/tutorial-kool-aid-dyed-rice/ . I did DOUBLE the recipe because I had to dye 20LBS of rice for this craft for a WHOLE group. After the rice in completely dry use a funnel with a LARGE opening to pour your rice into the bottle. You could also fashion a paper funnel if you do not have a plastic funnel handy. It WILL NOT matter what order you put the dyed rice in. It will get all mixed together eventually. Make sure you do NOT fill all the way to the top of the bottle. The rice needs room in the bottle. If using a Gatorade bottle as shown above, fill about to the expiration date. Add your small objects into the bottl