pretend fishing in our CAMPING spot
Every once in a while I come up with an idea that has me grinning from ear to ear. Â This is one of those ideas. Â We’ve been camping in our living room for the past week. Â Click here if you missed it or just want to see it again!
Big M set up this stuff and used his camera to capture our fishing area. Â Then he asked me to share it on my blog! Â He’s so cute.
what you need: Â construction paper ~ sharpie ~ paper clips ~ 2 dowels ~ string ~ magnet
I cut a very simple fish shape from construction paper.
When I did it I doubled up the paper so there would be an exact match for each fish. Â I glued just the very tip of the outside edge, and pressed them together.
Leave the tail open, so it forms a pocket.
On each fish I wrote an upper case letter on one side and a lower case letter on the other. Â I slipped a paper clip onto the tip of the fish.
For the pretend fishing pole we tied a piece of thin rope to a dowel and then I hot glued a magnet to the end of the string. Â ****If you have a kiddo who puts things in their mouth you might want to find a better way to attach the magnet. Â Our’s has held on pretty well but I’ve been watching it like a hawk!****
We used a blue sheet to make our lake, and then filled it with fish.
WOW that’s quite a catch!
Once the fish has been caught all we had to do was slide it onto a skewer…
And roast it up. Â How fun is that!?!?
Tips (to maximize learning): Â 1. Â The dowels we used are WAY too thin, they keep snapping, so I would recommend going with dowel a bit thicker. Â 2. Â Start out by naming the letter your little one fishes out. Â After a little while request a letter “Can you fish out the B?”
This post is a part of the Camping Lesson plan.
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