We decided to have some fun with a “fish day”, so I took the girls to the local fish hatchery to learn all about the life cycle of trout. For just $1, you can buy a bag of fish food. Emily loved feeding the fish…. and ducks! Both of the girls had a great time!
Emily was loving this modern fish sculpture.
When we returned home (and scrubbed our hands with lots of lemon to get the fish smell off), we did a fun fish craft project! First, we covered a piece of cardboard with aluminum foil.
Then, Emily tore a bunch of blue, white, purple, and teal tissue paper into thin strips.
She glued them onto the aluminum foil, so the strips were overlapping a bit. She let some of the foil peak through.
Then, we used leaves from our backyard to make fish!
Adding googly eyes to the fish made them look so silly!
We really enjoyed our fun “fish” day!
September 18th, 2009 on 6:03 pm
Dear Valerie,
Is there a closet full of googly eyes that I do not know about? I found some stuck to the TV the other day. It was frightening.
Love Mark
September 18th, 2009 on 6:36 pm
what a FUN project! I would have never thought to use leaves! you are so creative!
September 18th, 2009 on 6:40 pm
Thanks for participating in Fall Family Fridays! I love this idea! We even have a local fish hatchery near us! Love the leaf idea to make fish!! Very fun! You have such creative ideas!!
September 18th, 2009 on 7:00 pm
Love this.
September 18th, 2009 on 7:08 pm
love this!!!!
September 18th, 2009 on 8:09 pm
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September 18th, 2009 on 8:16 pm
I love your idea and might try this with Bear. I will link you if I do.
September 18th, 2009 on 9:19 pm
I love the fish project. So cute and I would never have thought of using leaves.
September 18th, 2009 on 10:53 pm
Fun! I just left an award for you on our blog…
September 18th, 2009 on 11:16 pm
I'm so making this and putting in my bathroom. We have a huge fish tank and love fishing. This is great. Even the BF was like wow.
September 18th, 2009 on 11:58 pm
i tried few ideas of your with my girls they love it!!!
thanks thank thanks
September 19th, 2009 on 12:25 am
Love the fishies. You have to help me find an idea with penguins. Tarek is nuts about them.
September 19th, 2009 on 10:44 am
What a fantastic day and a super accecable art projecy too. I will have to give that a go with the minimads, but will need to get some more tissue paper first.
September 19th, 2009 on 1:43 pm
Love the leaf fish. Such a great idea. You always have the best ones.
September 19th, 2009 on 1:54 pm
You have the prettiest little girl! And so artistic!
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September 19th, 2009 on 7:17 pm
Very cute!!
September 20th, 2009 on 10:45 am
That is so cool. You should put that in a frame! It'd make a very nice art piece. In the bathroom… kitchen… kid's room. Very nice.
How do you come up with these ideas? Do you decide in advance a theme for the day?
Mark gave me a good laugh with the eyes stuck to the TV.
September 20th, 2009 on 11:24 am
Great project! We went to a fish hatchery in upstate NY this summer and my children had a lot of fun feeding the fish.
September 20th, 2009 on 9:47 pm
That is so darn cute, I wonder what other fun things she could make out of leaves!
September 21st, 2009 on 9:47 am
These are really adorable. I love how you created the water, and using the leaves for fish!