Ocean in a Bottle

Submitted by mydesigirl

"OK-So this isn't exactly a food recipe but it uses food stuff and it looks pretty cool too! Fun for kids to make.Plus you can point out that oil is lighter than vinegar...a little Science never hurt anyone!"

 

• Ready In: 6mins
• Ingredients: 3
• Yields: 1 bottle

ingredients

• 1 cup white vinegar
• 3 -5 drops blue food coloring (depending on how blue that you want your ocean)
• 2 cups mineral oil

directions

1. In a clean jar/bottle with a lid put 1 cup of vinegar.
2. Add your food coloring.
3. Add your mineral oil and close lid tight.
4. Set on a flat surface and watch it swooch.
5. Have fun!

Reviews

[Shani Banani]

Oooooooooh! So neat! I think I'm going to make a few more with my cousin's little ones. It would be really pretty for Valentine's Day with red food coloring, glitter, and foil confetti hearts.

 

[Lavender Lynn]

Fun little project! Doesn't look like much in the photo, but makes a great movie. It took us a while to find the right bottle; needs a cylindrical shape with a tapered neck to develop waves that move well. Ours is only a pint, but a nice coffee-table conversation piece. Made for OZ/NZ swap for Dec. 2008.

 

[Cristin]

These are cute. When my son was in preschool they made them in 20 ounce bottles and added small pebbles and fish glitter. They made these as a surprise and as parents we were wondering why they needed 20 bottles of baby oil for a 'class project'! :-)

 

[AndreaVT96]

I've made this before in one of the elementary education classes I had during college. We made them on a smaller scale however, to fit in a 16 or 20 ounce plastic empty soda bottle. (easy for kids to handle--also fun to add "oceany" items as a previous review mentions.) Lot of fun to do and entertaining for the pre-school or early elementary crowd.

 

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

Oh wow! How innovative this is - enjoyed doing this for a special little one. Thank You for the fun and the recipe. We also threw into our ocean some glitter and little starfish :)