DIY Glow in the Dark Jellyfish - Kids Weekend

These are so cute and young ones

should enjoy these especially

since it's summer time. They

can hang them outside or inside.

Materials needed:

heavyweight paper bowls

white yarn

glow in the dark acrylic paint

paint brushes and supplies

scissors

zipper sandwich bags

sharp pencil

How to make:

Paint the bowl inside and out,

use 2 or more coats of paint

for a brighter glow.

For the tentacles, cut 10-12

pieces of yarn around 36" in length.

Place them in the sandwich bag

with several squirts of glow paint

and seal the bag.

Squish, squish and squish the bag

some more until the yarn is 

completely covered, add more

paint if necessary. If the

paint is to thick add a little

water to the bag.

Find a good place to hang

the yarn to dry.

At the center of the bowl, punch

two holes about 0.5" apart using

your sharp pencil.

Cut a piece of yarn approx

40" long. Thread it through

the two holes so that both

ends come out the bottom

of the bowl.

From the inside of the bowl, pull

the yarn up to form a small

loop. Thread the tentacles

through and roughly center

them under the loop.

Flip the bowl and pull the yarn taut

and tie a double knot.

Back on the inside, grasp the

tentacles as one bunch

and tie a single knot.

The frilly appendages flanking

the mouths of some types of 

jellyfish are called oral arms.

To recreate these, unravel

a few pieces of yarn that hang

close to the center of the bunch.

Keep your jellyfish close to the 

light for at least 30 min.

Turn out the lights and enjoy

its luminous glow.