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How to Grow Huge Gummy Bears

How to Grow Huge Gummy Bears
Growing gummy bears is a fun! All you have to do is leave gummy bears in water, and the grow to be gigantic! Anyone will find this fun, so give it a try! It is fun just to grow them, but it can also be used as an educational activity. I did this in science class. We measured the length, width, height, mass, etc. of the bears after leaving them in water for different amounts of time.

Do NOT eat these because they become full of bacteria! They taste bad, too.

While your gummy bears are growing, be sure to listen to the gummy bear song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0
 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
-1 cup full of water
-Gummy bears
-24 hours (of waiting)
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May 14, 2012. 4:36 PMknexfreak32 says:
I thought I finally got that song out of my head.
Mar 17, 2012. 9:24 PMaidanjarosgrilli says:
to make life-size gummy bears ,melt heaps of gummy bears and pour it into a huge mold and wait until it is set and put the huge gummy bear in a bathtub full of water and wait.
Dec 21, 2011. 2:12 PMGLaDOS V3 says:
eat them got it.
Dec 5, 2011. 12:16 PMlschutz says:
Did it in science class... SUper fun
Sep 18, 2011. 6:14 PMpgravance says:
dis is awesome i would soooo try it if i could eat candy!
Oct 4, 2009. 2:11 PMsheepborg says:
does this work with other things like fruit-snacks?
Sep 18, 2011. 6:04 PMpgravance says:
*AWESOME!!!!!*:)i must try this
Apr 13, 2010. 6:38 PMiBeCookie says:
Well, you see, I used gummy worms. I just put them in. It's for a science project. We're supposed to sell them, and we need 5 reasons why people should buy them, any suggsetions? And, they don't contain gelatin... they are jelly though, but they don't have gelatin since I can't eat gelatin. Will it still work?
Jan 25, 2010. 4:09 AMzfhanbenjamin says:
 ohh, so thats how those water babies grow
Sep 18, 2011. 6:05 PMpgravance says:
yah i have like 3,000
Oct 4, 2009. 4:48 PMsheepborg says:
i started mine just now, i cant wait...
Oct 5, 2009. 4:10 PMsheepborg says:
my fruitsnack epic failed 100% it turned looking like a dead green thing and did not grow D: i must get gummy bears to do this properly
Dec 28, 2009. 11:58 PMronmaggi says:
 Fruit snacks tend to use pectin as the gumming agent. While it does absorb some water, it certainly doesn't hold up like gelatin.
Apr 13, 2010. 6:39 PMiBeCookie says:
 I'm trying it with fruit juice. And with lemon juice.
Oct 5, 2009. 8:50 PMsheepborg says:
fruit juice? anyway the gummy worms should work and make gummy snakes! just dont waste sour ones, for thay are to good to not be eaten!
Oct 3, 2009. 5:26 PMjpplayball says:
omg I love this
May 11, 2011. 11:19 AMnena457 says:
how much was ur mass,height nd length?? also wen i did the experiment in skool i did it with gummy worms nd bears do u know y the gummy worm dispeared all of ausdden its not in the cup u can see the color but cnt feel the worm
Sep 18, 2011. 6:01 PMpgravance says:
it mustve dissolved.:(












May 3, 2010. 5:18 PMdfrost says:
i grew 8 and ate them in 1 minute after that i barfed. it was rainbow
Sep 18, 2011. 6:00 PMpgravance says:
cool did u take a picture?
Apr 27, 2011. 4:30 PMvideogamemaster says:
LOL!!! Did you take a picture? XD
Jan 15, 2011. 6:25 AMuberdum05 says:
lol
Dec 1, 2010. 10:53 PMEarths_hope says:
Good Job.
Jun 24, 2010. 7:23 PMnaruto the ninja13 says:
rofl
Dec 27, 2010. 5:06 PMbobandthemonkey says:
son, i am not dissapoint
Jun 20, 2011. 11:20 AMCapt. Kidd says:
Be sure to listen to the gummy bear song! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0w5oGVwJ_Q


not
Sep 18, 2011. 5:58 PMpgravance says:
ikr its awesome
Aug 29, 2011. 7:20 AMAir_Assassin says:
I know this already but it removes most of the flavor
May 11, 2011. 11:20 AMnena457 says:
can anyone tell me y if u do it with a gummy worm it dispears????
Aug 27, 2011. 3:46 PMaroseweir says:
it was my pal who drives the icy at my house showed me and i done it that nite and it grew upto 12cm
Jul 18, 2011. 2:40 PMNE patsrock says:
cool does it work with gummi worms too?
Jun 15, 2011. 6:31 PMThe nerdling says:
attack of the giant gummy baers aghahahahahha
May 11, 2011. 5:21 PMwernarner84 says:
We did this in science class earlier this year. Somebody blew theirs in half with a pipette :P
Oct 4, 2009. 6:52 AMLettucehead says:
I did this in class, too! I got the only clear gummy bear in the bag, and the next day everyone's like "OMG! IT'S INVISIBLE!!!" It really was. I had to reach in their to find it.
May 11, 2011. 11:17 AMnena457 says:
did ur gummy bear get invisible cuz my gummy worm did
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