A Jell-o Ocean---An Unplugged Project

We made fun "ocean Jell-O" for this week's ocean themed Unplugged Project.

All we needed was:

berry blue Jell-o

gummy fish--We used Nemo fruit snacks

clear cups

Grace and Kim waiting for the water to boil for the jell-o.
Mix jell-o with 3/4 cup of boiling water.
Great job, Luke!

Measure 1/2 cup of cold water and then add ice until it measures 1 1/4 cups of liquid and ice.

Stir until it starts to thicken and remove any remaining ice. We thought we would be able to add our "fish" at this point, but the gummies were too heavy and sunk.

We refrigerated the jell-o of 30 minutes and then it was perfect for the gummies.

After 30 minutes in the fridge, they were ready to become the ocean.

They looked real cool!

Mark doesn't eat gummies, so he added a plastic squid to his "cup of ocean".

This was a fun look.

We put them back in the fridge for an hour.

This was our after lunch dessert---yummy, yummy, plus a lot of fun.

The kids now want to make a big blue bowl of jell-o and make a great big ocean for the rest of the family to enjoy.

Make sure to check out everyone's Unplugged Projects this week.

Next week---SOUND

Tools for Tots--ocean waves in a bottle

This weeks Unplugged project was -bottles-and this certainly fits into this category.

This is a fun project to put together for the tots in your home. You will also quickly discover that every age group is enthralled with this "ocean in a bottle."
Collect the materials:
empty plastic bottle-we used a 1 liter bottle
vegetable oil
water
blue food coloring
glitter
small funnel-not necessary but useful

An item that is also not required but very helpful is a teenager.:-)
Fill the bottle half full of water.

Check for spills

Add a few drops of blue food coloring.

This part was fun in itself! We all enjoyed watching the color swirl around.

We then added some glitter to the blue water. You don't need to do this, but it adds a little "sparkle" that is appealing to the eye.

Fill the bottle to within 2 inches of the top with vegetable oil. Notice the helpful teenager in this picture.

Put the top on the bottle tightly. Seal it with a hot glue gun or duct tape. Now give the ocean to a child and watch the fun. If you tip it gently you gave make wonderful waves. If you spin it you can make a small tornado, shake it up and watch everything seperate back into its original state.

You can roll it back and forth on the floor or table.

The kids added A LOT of glitter and after the bottle sat the glittered settled on top of the water, but below the oil--a very interesting effect!

You can't deny the look on our tot's face--this is a real fun Tool for Tots!

Next week's Unplugged project theme is -HAPPY