A bottle biography project is a fun hands-on way for your child to represent whoever they are learning more about.
We are learning about Albert Einstein who was born in Germany in 1879 and wasn’t always seen as a genius. In fact, he struggled in school and some teachers even thought he was slow.
But young Albert had a secret weapon, he had an insatiable curiosity about the world around him.
He loved to tinker with things, build models, and ask “why” about everything.
This curiosity would eventually lead him to become one of the most famous scientists of all time.
His most famous discovery is the theory of relativity. It’s an idea that changed the way we understand space, time, and gravity.
Imagine space and time as a stretchy fabric, and massive objects like planets and stars create curves in this fabric. That’s gravity!
Einstein also showed that time isn’t the same for everyone – it can speed up or slow down depending on how fast you’re moving!
BOOK SERIES TO USE WITH BOTTLE BIOGRAPHY PROJECTS
Too, look at some of these series.
They make creating a bottle biography project easy.
5 Amazing Book Series for Biography Projects
Add these fun books to your home library if you’re wanting to read biographies.
A classic series that has been beloved for ages has moved into stories about famous people in the Little Golden Book Biographies.
From Frida Kahlo to Jane Goodall you will find many interesting famous people in The Story of Biographies.
Learn about the "ordinary people" who have done big things to change the world in this exclusive, collectible boxed set! Dive into these 10 books to explore everything from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. to Gandhi and more. The perfect gift to introduce young readers to key figures or for educational family reading .
Check out The Childhood of Famous Americans for inspirational stories that encourage children to strive for greatness even at a young age
This set includes the following 12 books: Who Was Albert Einstein? Who Was King Tut? Who Was Sacagawea? Who Was Claude Monet?, Who Was Walt Disney?, Who Was Amelia Earhart?, Who Was Neil Armstrong?, Who Was Marco Polo?, Who Was William Shakespeare?, Who Was Abraham Lincoln? Who Was Mark Twain?, and Who Was Ronald Reagan? This is a series of illustrated biographies for young readers featuring significant historical figures, including artists, scientists, and world leaders.
And look at a few more fun facts about Einstein.
FUN FACTS ABOUT ALBERT EINSTEIN
E=mc²– It’s the world’s most famous equation, and you’ve probably seen this equation before, even if you don’t know what it means.
This little equation has had a huge impact on everything from nuclear power to our understanding of the universe.
Einstein didn’t just think about big things like the universe; he also studied tiny things like light.
He discovered that light behaves like both a wave and a particle, which was a revolutionary idea at the time.
This discovery, called the photoelectric effect, earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.
But he wasn’t just a brilliant scientist; he was also a passionate humanitarian-he spoke out against war and violence.
He believed in the importance of education and social justice. He was also a talented musician and loved to play the violin.
Einstein had dyslexia, which can cause problems with reading out loud, retrieving language, and getting thoughts down.
He was famous for his wild hair and his rumpled clothes and he loved to sail, but he wasn’t very good at it and often needed to be rescued.
He was offered the presidency of Israel, but he turned it down and he had a pet parrot named Polly who he taught to say “relativity.”
Finally, look at how to make this Einstein bottle biography project.
HOW TO CREATE AN EINSTEIN BOTTLE BIOGRAPHY PROJECT
First, you can take this same idea and turn it into anyone.
For example, look at the one I shared How to Make a Fun Bottle Buddy of the Trailblazing Pilot Amelia Earhart Craft.
You will need:
- Empty 2-liter bottle
- Black, blue, white, tan craft felt
- Craft fur
- Google eyes
- 4” half round foam or a foam ball
- Flesh colored craft paint
- White paint
- glue
First remove the label off your 2-liter bottle and rinse it out, drain well.
Press your half round foam into the bottle cap to get an idea of the size, you can then take a knife or scissors and dig it out to make it fit on top.
Secure the foam on top with hot glue and then paint the foam with a flesh-colored paint and down the neck of the bottle.
You only need to go about a third of the way down, beyond that his felt clothes will cover everything up.
Cut a vest from blue felt by cutting a notch in the top and cutting it down to approximately 6”x 8”.
Cut out a small piece of white to be his shirt beneath the vest, a black tie, and some slacks about 4”x 8”.
Now make arms from strips of white felt with a bit of flesh color at the end for hands.
Begin gluing and layering the pieces onto the bottle, put the hot glue on the felt rather than the bottle to keep it from melting.
Press into place.
To create his lab coat fold back two corners and secure it into place with glue for lapels.
Glue and attach around the body.
Glue on googly eyes and use white paint to draw on bushy eyebrows and a mustache, add craft fur to create his famous wild mop of hair.
Finally attach the arms to the side.
You can leave them hanging down or put them forward like we did here.
We couldn’t resist giving him a ‘chalkboard’ made out of cardstock and a white gel pen with his famous equation.
