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| plastic bottle squid |
- Plastic bottle (like a soft drink bottle)
- Ribbon
- Googly eyes
- Foam or material to cut out for mouth
- Kids craft glue
- Fishing line and flat tack (for hanging)
- Adults will need to help dip tentacles into boiling water
- Remove labels off plastic bottle
- Cut off the opening about 5cm down from the top
- Cut slits for their tentacles up 3/4's of the way up the bottle
- Tie a rubber band around the top of the tentacles to pull them all in together, glue over ribbon to cover the band
- Dip tentacles into a saucepan of boiling water for about ten seconds or until you see tentacles curl up
- Place in cold water to set
- Decorate squids face by gluing on eyes and mouth
If you would like to hang up your squid:
- Attach fishing line with a flat drawing pin to the centre of the top of its head.
Happy Fishing!
