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Jellyfish
Getting Started Always use your imagination and be creative when building these kids crafts or any others. It's your creation, so be inventive when looking for building supplies — you just may be surprised! When building your project, experiment with new and different ways of putting it together. The most important thing is to have fun! |
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1. Let's get started! Start out by finding some kind of round plastic container. This can be a variety of things. In our photo here, we used an apple container. You can also use the bottom of a plastic water bottle, or a plastic cup turned upside down. Trim down your plastic piece to make the jellyfish’s body.
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2. Cut out the tentacles! The next step is to cut out strips of bubble wrap. We put on eight strips for each jellyfish. If you don’t have bubble wrap then a plastic grocery bag will work just fine.
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Now you can start to glue on your tentacles! Just dab a little bit of glue onto your body and attach the ends of your bubble wrap strips. Make sure to give each piece time to dry.
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4. Make Jelly Brains! Next up is putting your cotton “Jelly Brains” in. I just flattened out a single cotton ball and taped it into the body. You can also poke a hole through the plastic and run a string through the cotton and body piece. This way you can hang your jellyfish up later.
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5.Add goofy eyes! The final step is putting on some silly eyes. We cut out some circles from paper and glued them on. This will give your jellyfish a lot of character.
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Voila! Your Plastic Container Jellyfish is complete. Now you can hang up your jellyfish and watch it “swim” in the wind! |
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6.Make a mobile! We made a whole school of jellyfish and put them on a mobile. This is a great group project!
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