Mamacita says:  Those green marbles aren’t really marbles at all; they’re jelly marbles.  Clear spheres.  You’re looking at a clear glass vase that is about a foot tall.  I put a pinch of water jelly crystals in it, and added water colored with green food coloring.  As you can see, that tiny pinch of jelly crystals expanded to the top of the vase, and each crystal speck became a soft, squishy, perfectly round marble the size of a regular glass marble and  composed almost entirely of water.

Remove a marble from the vase, and it won’t be green; it will be clear.  It’s magic!

As long as the jelly marbles are kept hydrated, they’ll stay large and round.  If I let them dry out, they’ll revert to their teeny, tiny form and will barely cover the bottom of the vase.

It was Christmas, so I stuck some candy canes in the vase.  When I start bringing fresh flowers into the house, the jelly marbles will keep the flowers healthy far longer than plain water will. 

Now THESE jelly marbles are in a tightly sealed candy jar, so they will last pretty much forever.  I like the look of this jar so much, I’m going to keep it out indefinitely.  Notice how the green coloring has settled on the bottom of the jar?  If I shake the jar, all of the marbles will be green, but I think I’ll keep it this way.  I like its looks.

If you come over, though, I’ll give the jar a shake so you can see all the marbles turn green.

Later in the season, I’ll tell y’all how awesome jelly marbles are for gardening, and repotting plants.  Seriously, I don’t know how I ever got along without them.

Oh, yes.  I remember.  Most of my plants died from lack of watering.

Not any more, though.

Jelly Marbles. They’re awesome in every way.

P.S.  At Halloween, you can make ghosts with them.