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Mini Faux Fish Aquarium

Easy DIY instructions for a mini fish aquarium for kids. It’s an easy project for a faux fish bowl or jar for kids to make a toy aquarium.
Keyword faux fish bowl, fish aquarium for kids, mini fish aquarium, toy aquarium
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 1
Author Evelyn Osborn
Cost $6

Equipment

  • Scissors
  • Small Funnel

Ingredients

  • 2 lb Fishing Line
  • Plastic bottles with screw-on lids
  • Or Plastic Mason Jars
  • Colored gravel
  • Blue Food Coloring
  • Plastic plants
  • Plastic fishes

Instructions

  • Use a funnel and pour gravel into the jar
  • Add some plastic plants
  • Tie the fish of your choice with enough of the fishing line to hold the fish at a desirable level. (By using the 2 lb line, the line will almost completely disappear in the bowl)
  • Add one drop of blue food coloring in 2 cups of water, fill jar with the blued water
  • Place fish in bowl using the fishing line, screw on lid
  • Tie remaining fishing line to the top of jar, hiding under the lid, cut off extra line.