Strawberry Margarita Glitter Bottle or Jar, Shaker Jar, Tornado in a Jar

This is a project that Otter (my daughter's blog name) originally started, she made one a couple of years back and then we had so much fun with it that she made a few more.  This one is mine, she tailors the contents of the jar to the jar style/type itself, if she can.  She made one with an apple juice bottle, it has red glitter in it.  She made another one with a tequila jar using gold glitter.  Because they are glass bottles, they can be a bit heavy.

The bottle I chose was a Tequila bottle, which is why I called it Margarita.  Specifically, strawberry because some of the items in the jar had a red color which bled off a bit

Otter uses the finest glitter she can get for these.  It floats better and it also "mixes" a bit better.

She fills the jar about half-way with water, warm but not hot.

The next step is clear glue.  She uses quite a bit of the bottle, at least half.

The glue and water needs to be mixed, she uses the handle of a long-handled wooden spoon.  It needs to be stirred up so that the glue mixes with the water.

The next step is the glitter.

I went with a yellow glitter, green and a lighter green glitter.

Sometimes Otter uses beads or small plastic pieces.  I liked the metallic party pieces, since my jar is a margarita I found some cute pieces that contained things like sombreros and cactus - appropriate since the really good tequila is made from the agave plant which is a type of cactus.  I also chose green sequins.

These jars work better if they have a lot of filling.

It needs stirring in the middle of the process.

It looks a little "muddy" at this point, but that is normal.

Add warm water to the top.  The water needs to be added slowly so that it doesn't shoot back out of the bottle..  

The next step it to stir again.

The glitter will float for a while before it settles.

The lid needs to be sealed, Otter uses more of the clear glue.  A lot of it, all around the seal leaving no gaps for water to leak out of.  It could be sealed with something like clear/silicone caulk but the glue really works better and lasts better.

She covers the rubber seal in this type of lid with a lot of glue, up and down the sides as well as she can.

This picture is a little out of order, it's from the stirring process after the final filling with water.

The final product.  After the glue-covered lid has been put in place and pushed down all the way, it needs to sit until the glue dries.  Otter usually leaves them alone for a few days to let the glue dry and also for the glitter & filling items to settle.  After the glue dries, they can be shook up and it looks really neat while the glitter is settling.