Rainbow Scavenger Hunt and Rainbow Discovery Bottles

Older Toddler +

and Infant +

I knew I wanted to make X some rainbow Discovery Bottles, so I put S in charge of scouring our house for items small enough to fit into the bottles that fit the color we were searching for.  She went through all the rooms of the house and made sure to hit the recycling as well.  Despite all coming from our house, each bottle is amazingly unique.  She was very opinionated about what went in and how much of each thing went in.  She definitely had a vision!  If you have an older child without a younger sibling, you could always just make this activity a rainbow scavenger hunt.  You could complete the Discovery Bottles and just have them as an art display, fill them with rice and make them an I-Spy bottle, or you could make a giant rainbow out of the items as an artwork piece (this is my plan for the items once they're no longer used as Discovery Bottles - converting them to a giant rainbow art piece for our Art Room).

X taking a close look.  A very close look.

S displaying her final product for the color green.  Not purposefully, but conveniently, both kids managed to be wearing green that day!

 S decided to add a bunch of dried split peas to this bottle, as well as green jingle bells, so it was nice and musical for little X.

Yes, he would seriously make this face for each new bottle.  It was adorable every time!

Because this activity lent itself to discussing rainbows with S, I taught her a rainbow song to remember all the colors of a rainbow that I'd learned when I was her age:  

"Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple 

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple 

Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple 

Make the Rainbow Bright!"

Follow along with us on Facebook, Google+, Pinterest or Subscribe by Email!

Please always supervise your infant/child at play.  Please stay within arms reach and never leave infants/children unattended.