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Easy Hurricane in a Jar

If you or someone you care for has a hard time with sensory overload, sensory bottles, and jars can help. Watching objects, textures, colors, and opposing liquids swirl, settle, and exchange places is a great way to take your mind off of any current stressors. Also, it's 2020–the ability to contain a hurricane in a jar is exactly what we all need.

Sensory bottles and jars can also help those with ADHD and autism self-regulate. Also, sensory bottles come in all shapes and sizes, just like people do, so you can tailor them to your interests.

And it’s not just the visual effects either, sensory bottles provide proprioceptive input because of their weight. Proprioceptive input is responsible for increasing body awareness which in turn teaches the holder how to handle all forms of sensorial input. Pretty fascinating stuff!

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To make a hurricane in a jar, you will need:

  • 1 glass or plastic jar
  • Hand soap that has Glycol Stearate in it (opaque, pearlized soap not transparent or flat colored)
  • Water
  • Glitter is optional
  • Food coloring is optional

Instructions

  1. Fill your jar 1/3 full of soap, 
  2. Add water to fill up the rest of the space
  3. When the water gets to the top, keep it running until all the bubbles overflow.
  4. Screw the cap on tightly
  5. Shake and spin to get the whirling hurricane effect.

And that’s it! Enjoy your hurricane in a jar!

About Stephen’s Place

Stephen’s Place is an independent apartment community for adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, located in Vancouver, WA (7 minutes from Portland, OR).

If you have a loved one with developmental or intellectual disabilities, who is looking for a community to live in, please contact us for more information. 

Stephen’s Place is a private-pay apartment community due to our state-of-the-art amenities and programs. We are a nonprofit and do not profit from our community. We are private pay because we spend more than some housing communities to ensure that our residents are comfortable and can safely live their lives with independence and dignity.