Create an ocean in a bottle

Equipment-

• 1 small 360 ml or 600 ml plastic bottle with a lid.
• Some clear and non-toxic oil, e.g. canola oil or light canola oil.
• Some water.
• Blue food colouring.
• Silver, blue or green glitter.
• Plastic, lightweight sea creatures/animals.
• Plastic, foam or confetti that is shaped like sea creatures/animals.
• Blue stickers e.g. stars, love hearts, shapes, etc.

Method-

1. Clean and thoroughly rinse the plastic bottle.
2. Add the oil into the bottle and fill it up till it reaches half way.
3. Fill the other half of the bottle with water.
4. Put the food colouring, glitter, the plastic animals and the confetti animals into the bottle.
5. Put the lid on the bottle and secure it tightly.
6. Now decorate the bottle with stickers.
7. Next shake the bottle a few times, to mix up its ingredients.
8. Now its ready to play with!.

Tips-

• Make sure the lid is not taken off once the bottle's lid is secured in step five, so that the liquid inside is not accidentally ingested by its user. 
• Supervise children when they are playing with the bottle.
• This is a great toy for children of a young age.
• This is a good holidays activity for both yourself and your children.