The Calming Jar

So it has been QUITE some time since I have posted anything in the fantastic blog-i-sphere. I decided that I have become a Pinterest addict and that I needed to take a step back. By this I mean I would continue to Pinterest my little heart out I would just wait... and wait... and wait to try all the wonderful goodies that I was confronted with.

Well the time as come to test out a new project. The calming jar. Now the idea behind this jar is that when your little one (or you as the case may be) has become to wound up or to "attitudy" (as we call my darling daughter), they take this jar shake it up and they can be done with their calm time as soon as all the glitter has settled to the bottom of the jar. FANTASTIC idea, yes? A time out that they control themselves... GENIOUS!!

So today at the store we gathered the materials that we didn't already have. These being glitter (sigh) and glitter glue. At home I had the other two necessary things: a small mason jar and water.

The steps to this are simple:
Take one mason jar (I used the small ones because I was TERRIFIED my daughter would drop a bigger, heavier one)
dump in half of a medium size container of glitter
add half a container of glitter glue
fill with warmish water (to get the glue all mixed up)

screw lid on TIGHT!

Shake and enjoy!

Now this all sounds simple enough, however, I discovered a few things in this process.
1) Warm water make the glitter sink RIGHT AWAY. I read somewhere else that adding a bit of corn syrup helped to keep the glitter up so I added a few dollops.
 
2) Large glitter, no matter how cold the water, sinks fast (internal sigh)

So as it stands my calming jar for the little miss gives her a time out of about 30 sec. NOT LONG ENOUGH!

So I will make a new jar. I think I must aquire new glitter. It, unfortunately for me, must be the "I don't want it in my house because it gets EVERYWHERE" kind. You know the kind I mean. The stuff that no matter how well contained seems to float on every non-existant breeze sticking to all things that come into contact with it. The kind that four days after you use it, you are still finding it in your hair and on your couch even though neither of those things were part of the project. This seems the way to go to make the calming last longer. I will post new pictures of that jar as soon as I get the courage to get the evil glitter.

If you have ideas, thoughts, or comments I would love to hear them :)