bottle of awesome!

Have you ever wandered into the Museum of Life and Science and seen the big blue mesmerizing exhibit? This exhibit is hands down one of my favorites because it changes every time you spin it. While working at a museum in Helena, Montana I found out that it is quite easy to make your own Turbulant Orb, or as I like to call it; Bottle Of Awesomeness!

To make your own all you need is :

• Empty plastic soda/ pop/ water bottle WITH CAP!
• Water
• Food coloring (optional but well worth it!)
• Liquid hand soap that has glycol stearate in it* (I know this sounds daunting but I promise it is not, here is a picture!) 
  

To do this is very easy. First fill water bottle to about 1/4 full of the soap and add a couple of drops of food coloring. Next, very slowly! pour water in to the very top, if it does not go all the way to the top, there will be some air bubbles but that is not a big deal. Put the lid on, I like to tape it to prevent it from accidentally opening.

For variations on this we like to try using different colors of food coloring and and different sizes of bottles. We also like putting a little bit of  sparkles in to see how they move around, glow in the dark liquid.



Going with the flow!

The Garage Creative

* This is the hand soap that looks pearly white, I have bought the generic brand at Walgreens, Target, and Walmart and never had any problems.