It’s easy to make your own unique slo-mo calming bottle that is a very useful coping strategy to help your child calm down and relax when they get overwhelmed. They are great for promoting a relaxing and focused atmosphere when your child may need it most.
A calming bottle can be used when you are out-and-about, during a sensory overload, at bedtime, and just for the fun of it!
Using a slo-mo calming bottle provides visual, tactile, and proprioceptive input that gives your body and mind time to receive calming sensory input needed to help organize thoughts, focus attention, and “reset” the nervous system. If your child (or even you too!) likes to shake, hold, turn around and around, and watch the slo-mo action up-side down you can add vestibular input into the activity as well.