Simple yet fun activity

This week we have been working on learning about the 5 senses. Each day I try to implement one of the sense into our craft or activity. Today we talked about the sense of sight, and all the things we can see with our eyes; colours, shapes, people, places etc.
Then we took empty water bottles and put beads, sequences confetti etc inside. Then each child chose a water colour and we added water and some hair gel. the hair gel is supposed to make the items inside move more gracefully and slowly through the water. Then after seeing the toddlers are able to remove the caps, we glued them on. The kids had a blast shaking the bottles to form bubbles, and exploring with their eyes what they could see inside. We discovered that if we hold it up to the light, it looks different, that they roll, shake, squeeze and as one friend commented, they don't smell :) I wish I had put a tad more water in each bottle, but the kids could care less! Simple, cheap craft and we did some learning along the way. What could be better?!