Make sure that you take the labels off. Use soap and warm water to clean off any residue. Wipe the bottles clean with rubbing alcohol afterwards.
Use a strong glue, such as super glue or epoxy glue. Regular school glue or hot glue will not be strong enough.
If you are a child, ask an adult to help you with this step. Some caps have a plastic disk inside them. This can make drilling the hole difficult. Use a flat screwdriver to pop this disk out before you drill the hole.
Try using colored sand. You can find it in the floral section of an arts and crafts shop. Add some fine scrapbooking glitter to your sand to make it look more magical. Plain sand and gold glitter will look great together. White sand and iridescent glitter will also look pretty.
If you want your sand timer to last 1 minute, fill the bottle for 1 minute.
Be careful when handling your sand timer. The glue holding the caps together will not be very stable. Hold your timer by the seam/neck.
You can use any type of thick glue for this: school glue, wood glue, hot glue, or epoxy.
Wrap some ribbon around the dowels. Cover the edges of the cardboard squares with glitter glue. Draw designs on the top and bottom cardboard square using glitter glue. Let the glue dry before you do the other side. Glue one some plastic rhinestones or jewels along the dowels. Add on some glow-in-the-dark star stickers on the top and bottom cardboard squares.
