• Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Family Days Tried And Tested

Adventuring through childhood... with love and dysfunction in tow

  • CategoriesLots to see!
  • About UsWho are we?
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
You are here: Home / Outdoor Fun / Beach / The Thinking Bottle

April 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment

The Thinking Bottle

20140421-232926.jpg

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.

20140421-233010.jpg

The thinking bottle label.

20140421-233055.jpg

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

20140421-233127.jpg

The girls discovered it..

20140421-233204

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

20140421-233422.jpg

We balanced stones.

20140421-233503.jpg

Noah explored the rocks with his stubby little hands.

20140421-233540.jpg

We wore wellies on the wrong feet with grazed knees.

20140421-233620.jpg

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

20140421-233659.jpg

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…

20140421-233843.jpg

If you would like to follow more of our daily, frugal & fun magical memory making activities and adventures during a childhood that’s fleeting you can find us on Facebook.

Facebook Comments

Related posts:

Capturing Flower Fairies Ocean Fairies Message in a Bottle The Magic Bottle Monster Men Bottle Banks

Filed Under: Beach, Embrace Imagination Tagged With: beach, Bottles, Fairies, magical

Family Days Tried and Tested provides inspiration and ideas for you to make lasting memories and achieve great family days of your own.

Our aim is to offer our own experiences of family outings and activities whatever the weather and with a young family. Read More…

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Stefano M. Rivolta says

    April 22, 2014 at 1:23 am

    This was so enjoyable to read let alone imagine. I admire your creativity and keen sense of childhood happiness. Very refreshing.

    Reply
    • familydaystriedandtested says

      April 22, 2014 at 11:09 am

      Thank you. It was a lovely & simple day.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Hello!

Family Days Tried and Tested provides inspiration to make everyday family life fun. It includes simple craft activities to do at home plus lots of reasons to play outside. Family Days Tried and Tested is all about frugal fun, honesty and lots of laughs.

Contact Us

TOTS100 - UK Parent Blogs
TOTS100
I'm a Netmums Influencer

familydaystriedandtested

Living life however it comes👌
Lovingly restoring a church ourselves 💒
Featured in The Times 📰
Family fun Multi award winners🏆
Adventurers🗺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Family Days Tried and Tested
💕 It's International Women's Day... Everyday is 💕 It's International Women's Day...
Everyday is a fab day to tell a woman just how much they rock!  Lift each other up and not knock each other down, fix each other’s crowns when they are wonky, Mothers, Daughters, Sisters, Aunties...ladies from all walks of life, all backgrounds, Young & old, all over the world. Every. Single. Day......You girls rock! 
We're all sisters are we not... ✌️🙌
Tag an awesome woman!
🦇 The man did good!👏 Yesterday Andy finished 🦇 The man did good!👏
Yesterday Andy finished everything needed to make the bats comfortable. 
We have oodles of bats flying around the churchyard but after a few seasons of bat surveys it was established we don’t actually have bats with if the church 👌 this is pleasing for us as it means that we get the enjoyment of watch them on a summers evening with the knowledge that there are none in residence. 
Although it was established we don’t have resident bats, roosts or nurseries we still had to do what we could to accomplish them should they wish to take up residence in the church. 
As part of this process we have...
🦇Turned a dilapidated underground furnace room into a bat cave with entrance points, wall hangers and crevices.
🦇 Built a substantial ‘Battic’ in the ceiling in the vestry...a false ceiling was installed for this.
🦇 The children moulded and helped install bat tiles for the roof using a mallet and sheet lead method. 
🦇 Raised the ridge tiles on the vestry roof as entrance points to the ‘Battic’. 

For a building that doesn’t have any resident bats they sure will be comfy should they move in. 

🦇 Bats are a protected species and obtaining bat licenses to permit you to build without endangering them, destroying or disturbing existing or potential habitat in the U.K. is an extremely important (and lengthily) process.

 #Historicbuilding #bat  #Familyhome #Instahome #buildingthedream #renovationproject #Selfbuild #Homerenovation #churchconversion #granddesigns #kitchen #amazingspaces #renovation #instadesign #beautifulhomes #designerhomes #homedesign #architecture #churchrennovation #beforeandafter #architectureporn #church #churchyard #restoration
⛺️ Never underestimate the simple fun of a bla ⛺️ Never underestimate the simple fun of a blanket fort..two chairs, a blanket, some cushions and a couple of books...
To a child it’s a castle, a grandeur stately home, a cave deep in the jungle...
To a child it’s an adventure.... 💖
We have a kitchen door! 🥳🚪...as demonstrated We have a kitchen door! 🥳🚪...as demonstrated by Noah.
Load More… Follow on Instagram

Family Days Tried and Tested Privacy Policy

  • ImaginationInspiration
    • Simple Play Ideas
    • Magical Adventures
    • Themed Days
    • Frozen
  • Indoor FunIncludes food!
    • Food
    • Themed Bath
  • Outdoor FunBack garden, beaches & more
    • Beach
    • Garden
    • Local Exploring
      • Chepstow
      • Forest of Dean
      • Somerset
  • SeasonalSomething for every time of year
    • Valentines
    • Spring
    • Easter
    • Summer
    • Halloween
    • Autumn
    • Remembrance Sunday
    • Winter
    • Christmas
  • About UsWho are we?
    • Mummy Musings
      • As They Grow
      • Parenting Realities
      • Awareness

Family Days Tried and Tested · Copyright © 2021