The Thinking Bottle

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We headed to the beach to clear our heads and breathe in some sea air, whilst there we stumbled upon Elfina (our Christmas visiting elf) and a Thinking Bottle sent to us from the North Pole by the ocean fairies wave express… Our very special bottle contains a thousand sparkles and twinkles from a million happy times. We shook it loads and it filled us with thoughts of happy times.

After the loss of a baby within the household a few weeks ago this was an opportunity to provide the siblings with a grieving tool to add a little happy thinking to their minds during a grieving process in which it’s normal & natural to have some sad times…

Everybody should have a Thinking Bottle to reflect on 🙂

Here’s how we stumbled upon our thinking bottle..

The Thinking Bottle…

I filled a bottle with water and glitter, I wrapped material around the lid securing with string and put on a sticker. I also placed some small shells and pebbles inside.

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The thinking bottle label.

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Whilst the kids explored the beach I placed Elfina and the thinking bottle.

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The girls discovered it..

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They were drawn to the one emerald that lay in amongst all the twinkly ‘thinks’ inside

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We balanced stones.

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Noah explored the rocks with his stubby little hands.

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We wore wellies on the wrong feet with grazed knees.

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We made our own solar system with the beach pebbles…. We were the centre of the universe.

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We found a mermaid purse! Actually a shark egg, it seemed to finish off our magical adventure beautifully… We headed home with our thinking bottle and lots more lovely memories of our afternoon by the ocean…

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