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Thanks for joining the RAM Education Team for Family Art Fun Day! Make your own Jellyfish in a Bottle by following the instructions below and tag us in your creations!

Supplies from around the house:

1. A transparent plastic grocery bag (or cling wrap)

2. A water bottle

3. Thread

4. Food coloring (or another liquid dye)

5. Scissors

Steps:

Flatten plastic bag and cut off the handles and the bottom and cut along both sides to split into 2 rectangular sheets.

We will only use one rectangular sheet of plastic per jellyfish.

If using cling wrap, you just need to prepare one rectangular sheet.

In the center of the plastic, create a small balloon of air for the jelly's head and secure it with a piece of thread.

Not too tight! (Leave a small hole in order to pour some water in the head part later)

Now for the tentacles: Cut from the edge of the plastic toward the air pocket head.

First, cut plastic into about 8-10 sections.

Next, cut each section into 3-4 small strips (your tentacles).

Trim tentacle pieces to various lengths, both long and short, and make sure there are no large chunks of plastic remaining.

Fill water bottle about 2/3 full.

Find the small hole on the bottom of the jellyfish's head and fill air pocket about 2/3 full with water.

Water in the head of the jellyfish will allow it to sink; however, you must leave some air bubbles inside the head so the jelly will also be able to float up.

Put your jellyfish into the water bottle and top off bottle with water.

Add a few drops of food coloring, and a small amount of glitter if you like, before tightly screwing on the cap!

Play!

Turn the water bottle upside down and watch your jellyfish swim.

Jellyfish will move every time you turn the bottle.

Explore what happens to the jellyfish when you turn the bottle back and forth very fast vs when you turn it more slowly.

Inspired by a craft created by bhoomplay