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August 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment

JellyfishThe jellyfish belongs to the hybroid family of creatures; this Latin name means “waterlike”. It is ninety-nine percent water, so its flesh is as fluid as the white of an egg.

To test this statement you will need:
• Glass
• Water
• Egg white
• Small container/glass/cup
• Food coloring

Jellyfish1What you do:
• Add a little bit of food coloring to the egg white and mix it slightly. (You need it to see the ” jellyfish” in the water).
• Fill the glass with water.
• Add the egg white to the glass.
• Observe.
• You’ve got yourself a pet jellyfish.

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DIY Jellyfish

June 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment

What you need:DIY Jellyfish
•  A transparent plastic grocery bag
• A plastic water bottles.
• Thread
• Scissors
• Water

What you do:
• Flatten the bag and cut off the handle and the bottom part.
• Cut along both sides to split into 2 plastic sheets.
• From the center of the plastic sheet, fold it like a tiny balloon to make the head part and tie it with the thread – not too tight (You must leave a little hole in order to pour some water in the head part).
• Now you’ll get the head balloon part and the remaining will be its tentacles.
• Cut from the edge up to the head part roughly. (You’ll get for about 8-10 tentacles).
• For each of them, cut again into 3-4 small strings – and just cut off the remaining part.
• Trim to make random long and short tentacles.
• Put some water into the head part to make it be able to sink.(You must leave some air inside to make be able to float up.
• Fill up your water bottle.
• Put your jellyfish in the bottle.
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