jumping jellyfish

so i ended up making the jellyfish on my own as mr james didn't seem very interested in helping (but took all the credit mind you!)

anyway, here's a little tutorial if you're interested in giving it a go yourself :)

ingredients:

plastic drink bottles, ends cut off

(you could use yogurt tubs or similar)

different types of ribbon/string/yarn

different sizes bobbly things

(i got mine in a kids craft kit from kmart)

piece of net curtain*

pair of girls opaque stockings**

shiny stickers

sticky tape (for just in case you need it)

hole punch

scissors

steps (from left - right, reading across)
(you can click on the image to make it bigger)

• cut the ends off of the bottles & punch holes around edges
• cut one leg of the stockings off & then cut into strips (you could use the other leg to make a snake hand puppet or a snake softie perhaps)
  
• remove the toe end & pull the strips so that they go thin & curly
• separate your yarn & cut your ribbons, net curtain etc
• tie the pieces through the holes you punched
• sew your bobbly bits onto a long piece of thread
• (i sewed through once, then back through again so they wouldn't slide down/off the thread)
• i stabbed a couple of holes in the top of my jellyfish to hold the string it would hang from & threaded that through, tying it off with a knot (see close up below)
  
• i then tied the thread with the bobbly bits onto this string on the inside of the bottle base (inside the jellyfish head)

• stick your shiny & sparkly sticker things all over the jellyfish head
• hang it up & you're done!
  

 

you could use any colours or pieces of ribbon/fabric scraps that you have on hand, i happen to have a son whose favourite colour is blue & i had everything else in my craft drawers

 

*  the net curtain is from when i used to make my own felt from scratch, i used to roll it up in the net curtain & a bamboo blind but that's a whole other story!

**  i got the girls opaque stockings at the salvation army shop, two pairs for 50c so i got lots in different colours for you-never-know-when

the main thing is that you use your & your kids' imaginations & have fun together :D

 

james' jellyfish

(i'm just happy he tried)

have a great weekend kids!

we're going to look at yet more houses so fingers crossed something comes up that we'll like :)

adios amigos

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