Midweek Creations - Gone Fishing

Children love magnets and any opportunity to explore with them. Today's craft is great for art exploration and becomes a treasured activity that your child will grow and learn with in those first few years.

What You'll Need:
paper clips
short pole
string
hot glue
scissors
glue
contact paper
construction paper - primary colors (for 1/4 sheet fish - 1 of each color, for 1/2 sheet fish - 2 of each color)
paint, crayons, markers (optional)

Create your own fish template. Feel free to make it as simple or elaborate as you would like, but design it to take 1/4 or 1/2 of a page. If you would like, let your child decorate the construction paper with crayons, markers, or paint. Once done, use your template to trace the fish onto the construction paper (note - if your child decorated the paper be sure to flip your outline either once (1/2 page) or twice (1/4 page) so that when you glue the two sides together both will be decorated). Your toddler may want to help with this as well. Cut out all the fish and match them up to create two blue, two red, and two yellow fish. Put a paper clip in the middle of each and glue the two sides together. Next, do an at home lamination by covering the fish on both sides with contact paper and trimming it close to the edge. To make the fishing pole, hot glue a string to a small magnet and tie/hot glue the other end of the string to one end of the pole.