tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post1721609596981406899..comments2023-08-09T04:26:24.037-06:00Comments on Pinstrosity: A Happy Time Out- Is That A Thing??Marquettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112633611070405863noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-73149140560923621072014-02-09T20:17:16.479-07:002014-02-09T20:17:16.479-07:00I have made two of these for school. They are actu...I have made two of these for school. They are actually meant as a meditation/calming tool. The idea comes from the book, 'Moody Cow Meditates'. The first one I made has lasted over a year so far and I put them in clear jars (one in a mason jar, and the other in an old spaghetti sauce jar). They are simple to make with cheap glitter glue (as opposed to mixing glitter and glue), hot water, and food coloring if you like. Hot water is necessary to dissolve the glue, but once it cools down completely, the glitter can take 3-5 minutes to fall, depending on how much glue you add.<br /><br />The original recipe calls for fine glitter, glycerin, water, and dish soap. I find this much simpler and cheaper. I know the glycerin slows down the flow of glitter. I guess the dish soap aids in that as well.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325293144202990116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-30253872509505944012014-01-29T09:52:12.483-07:002014-01-29T09:52:12.483-07:00I made these with glitter glue and mine came out f...I made these with glitter glue and mine came out fine! I have never watched to see how long they last, though, I was not going for 5 minutes, just a time away. I used peanut butter jars (be sure to superglue the lid on when done or you'll get a mess) and almost an entire bottle of glitter glue! The trick to getting rid of the clumps is hot water and a whisk. Hope that helps some!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409189968130216175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-5785839338310978062014-01-28T14:58:11.262-07:002014-01-28T14:58:11.262-07:00I made baby jar snow globes teaching Sunday school...I made baby jar snow globes teaching Sunday school for elementary school age kids a few years ago and used clear corn syrup and regular glitter. Both Walmart supplies. Hope that is helpful!MeetMrs.Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442708604593391956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-48979896162378497982014-01-28T11:44:29.745-07:002014-01-28T11:44:29.745-07:00I actually made several of these for Christmas pre...I actually made several of these for Christmas presents. It definitely settles faster while it's warm, so you don't know for sure how long it will take when it's cool until it's done cooling. You have to use a LOT of the clear glue. I never managed to measure how much I was putting in, but I just keep squeezing it in, then shaking the whole thing up to see how much it slowed down, over and over until it seemed right. The glitter glue will definitely stay in a big clump, so you need to stir stir stir while the water is hot to break it all up. Or put the lid on and just shake it for a while. Mine eventually melted all away with enough stirring/shaking. It will form foam at the top if you shake it, so what you really want to do instead is just gently turn it upside down once or twice, just like a snowglobe. I used multiple sizes of glitter in mine because I figured they'd settle at different rates. I also threw in some fun-shaped sequins. Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07254564834899845387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-31760195113199679732014-01-28T10:09:13.435-07:002014-01-28T10:09:13.435-07:00I made two of these last month for my two-year-old...I made two of these last month for my two-year-old twins. I was able to find all the supplies at Walmart and I opted to use sobe water bottles because the sides of the bottle looked like a twister and I thought they would make the glitter swirl a little more. They came out great, but I had a really hard time glueing the cap on. My kids seemed to love them; we didn't use them for time-outs, just for distraction. Unfortunately, they only lasted 2 days. One of my kiddos knocked one off the counter and the whole thing exploded...sticky glitter water EVERYWHERE! I wasn't home at the time, so my husband had to deal with the mess. The surviving bottle went in the trash with the remains of the broken bottle, we don't want to risk that mess again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320497926963409147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-13009840673273282032014-01-28T09:24:10.670-07:002014-01-28T09:24:10.670-07:00I haven't made these myself, but I'm a ner...I haven't made these myself, but I'm a nerd, so here's a scientific explanation as to why the components would make sense to work for a 5 min timer instead of a shorter one. (I've tried to keep it basic, so I hope you make it through reading this!)<br /><br />1) The hot water dissolves the glue. They mention it in the original blog too, that the hot water helps dissolve that glue, but the temperature isn't a factor in the rest of the project or its use later. Dissolving the glue in hot water changes the thickness (or to us nerds, the "viscosity") of that water. Thickening the water (or increasing it's viscosity) will cause anything in it to be moving slower than in plain old tap water. The thicker the water, the slower it moves. (But the thickness that it needs to be will depend on the other two parts of the problem: the glitter size and the bottle size, see below)<br /><br />2) The glitter size does matter. Bigger glitter flakes will be heavier, fine glitter flakes are lighter. Stay with me for a second… as we all remember from physics, two objects of different sizes will fall at the same rate… but that's if they're in a vacuum and subject to gravity without any friction. Okay, those don't apply here. Instead, we have two sizes of glitter falling in thick water. The bigger flakes will drop to the bottom faster because they can plow through the thick water, and the lighter flakes will have a harder time doing that, so they take longer to fall. <br /><br />3) The size of the bottle will matter too, so 16 oz versus 33 oz will make a difference. If you're using fine glitter, which falls slower in thick water anyway, and you use a 33 oz (taller) bottle, it has a further distance to go, so it will take an even longer time getting there. <br /><br />If you've made it through my nerdy science lesson here, hopefully you'll have more luck with getting a 5 min timer. But it looks like a fun project, I may need to make one soon! DottiesPhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07216296473700523802noreply@blogger.com