Pretty Plastic Light Catchers
From grandma_erma 15 years ago
- 15 min + 12is to make
- Serves 1
Found in Disney's Family Fun Magazine, April 2010 By adding a very small amount of water to gelatin, kids can create a simple plastic that hardens into colorful window decorations. Gelatin is formed from collagen, a protein made of tiny fibers that's essential for keeping cells stuck together. Read more As the water evaporates, it leaves behind a product that is light weight and strong but without any of the oil based chemicals used in many factory-made plastics. The bonus: It glimmers and shimmers in the Sun!!! See less
Ingredients
- Small saucepan shopping list
- Small spouted measuring cup shopping list
- ~ shopping list
- 3/4 cup water shopping list
- 4 envelopes unflavored gelatin shopping list
- Food coloring shopping list
- 4 disposable plastic plates (we used 9-inch) shopping list
- Glitter (optional) shopping list
- ~ shopping list
- Scissors shopping list
- Hole punch shopping list
- Parchment paper shopping list
- Heavy books for weighting shopping list
- Markers (optional) shopping list
- String, ribbon, or fishing line shopping list
How to make it
- Boil 3 tablespoons of the water and pour it into the measuring cup.
- Add 1 envelope of gelatin and a few drops of food coloring.
- Stir the mixture slowly until it's combined.
- Let it sit for about a minute, then stir it again to minimize air bubbles.
- Pour the mixture onto a plastic plate.
- If you like, sprinkle glitter on top of the gelatin, or add one or two drops of different-colored food coloring and swirl with a toothpick to make a marbled pattern.
- Repeat above steps with the remaining envelopes of gelatin, varying the shades of food coloring each time.
- Let the gelatins dry until hardened, at least overnight.
- Peel them off the plates, then cut them into shapes with scissors.
- Using a hole punch, make holes at the top of them.
- If your light catchers start to curl, wrap them in a sheet of parchment paper, then place them between two heavy books.
- When they're flat, use markers to draw on them, if you like.
- Suspend each from a string, ribbon, or fishing line and hang in a sunny window.
This is a scan of the page in the magazine. also check out the recipe online at Disney! http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/pretty-plastic-light-catchers-860024/
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