Ocean in a Bottle

I never did this in school, but the internet told me about it.

You can make a cool, bubbly ocean in a plastic bottle for your kids to Ooo and Aaaah at—or stare blankly at in wonder if they're around my children's ages, which is one.

What you’ll need:

• Clear plastic bottle (I like the idea of using a mouthwash bottle or anything that has a child-safety lid. I used a 1.5 Listerine bottle, but any sized clear, plastic bottle is fine.)

• Water
• Blue food coloring
• Canola/vegetable Oil
• Funnel (optional: for easier pouring of stuff into bottle)

What you’ll do:

Oil bubbling after being poured in

• Rinse out the bottle and remove the label.
• Fill about ⅓ to ½ of bottle with water
• Mix in food coloring
• You'll probably only need about 2-3 drops. I added one drop of green to get a more blue-green ocean color
• If your water is too dark, just dilute it with more water and set the extra aside in case you decide you'd like to top off the bottle with it
• Fill the rest (or as much as you want) with oil
• Enjoy the shaking and swishing

After swishing it a few times in front of Winry and Henry, it became baby-approved.

And now some more photos I took of the process:

Swirling food coloring

The food coloring swirls, view from the mouth of the bottle

  

Close-up of bubbling ocean