Where does gelatine come from? You might not like the answer but here it is. The bones, tissue, hooves and ligaments of slaughtered meat producing animals is boiled in water or acid and what is extracted (taken out ) from this mixture is gelatine. Kind of yuk, eh!

What you need:

Plain gelatine, water, food colouring, plastic lid (like off of a large peanut butter jar), saucepan, cookie cutter, drinking straw, scissors, cooling rack and an adult.

What you do:

Put 5 tablespoons of water and 3-5 drops of food colouring in the saucepan. Put the saucepan over low heat. Pour in 3 envelopes of unflavoured gelatine (that will equal 9 teaspoons) and stir until it dissolves. Cook and stir for 30 seconds or until the mixture is thick.

Pour the mixture into your plastic lid (you may want to put it through a sieve first if it is a bit lumpy). Push the air bubbles out with a spoon. Let the gelatine cool for about 45 minutes.

Carefully lift the gelatine from the lid once it has set. You have made an elastic gel.

Now you can use the cookie cutter to make a shape. Scissors are good for making spirals or to cut out your own shape. Make a holes in your gel shape with the straw if you want to hang them on a string. Let your shape dry by hanging it or you can dry it on a cooling rack. The gelatine will be hard like plastic in 2-3 days.