JeNNspeak: Make a Flying Jelly Fish

I'm digging back through some old craft projects from before I started blogging about our fun, so I can share those with you, too. During the summer of 2010, the girls and I made some fun jelly fish using scrap ribbon, yarn, and recycled snack containers. Oh, and glitter. I'm pretty sure this idea came from FamilyFun Magazine, but I cannot locate the original article to pinpoint a specific issue. If I come across that, I will update this blog.

Items you will need:

Clearish plastic snack cup, like the individual applesauce cups, clean and dry
Scrap pieces of yarn and and/or ribbon.
Selection of colored tissue paper torn into small pieces
Glitter
Clear white glue (watered down) or Mod Podge.

With a paint brush, spread a layer of glue on the inside of the cup and sprinkle in a little glitter. Lay the torn pieces of tissue paper inside to cover all the glitter and glue. Brush on a little more glue making sure to cover and wet all the paper. Add more glitter if desired. Let dry.

Here's a cup decorated with just glitter. So you can skip
the tissue paper if desired and just use a lot of glitter.
You want to completely cover the inside of the cup.

Cut varying lengths of ribbon and yarn, as many pieces as you'd like
your Jellyfish to have. We used 25-30 pieces at 12-15 inches long.

We tied random knots onto the ribbons, just to make it more interesting. You could also add some colorful or sparkly beads above those knots for a little extra bling.

With another length of yarn, tie the strands all together about two inches from the top.
When the glue is dry. Use a nail to punch a hole in the bottom of the cup and
thread the piece of yarn that's holding everything together through the hole.