The theme for the Family Fun linky from Denise over at Mum on a Mission for a Better Life last week was fish.
I’m late linking up with Denise as usual (one week I’ll make it on time!), but the 5yo and I had fun making a fish! With Pinterest providing ideas, and the 5yo choosing which one he wanted to try, we made a fish from lollipop sticks. The finished craft is slightly abstract, and coincidentally decorated in a very appropriate way to celebrate Memorial Day :)
You will need:
Six wooden lollipop sticks
Paint and brushes
PVA glue
Googly eyes
Stickers, beads, stars etc. to decorate
The 5yo painted the lollipop sticks; painting one side, leaving to dry and then painting the other. He chose blue and red paint.
Once the lollipop sticks were dry we glued them together. The 5yo needed a little help here to position the sticks and line them up. We started by agreeing the pattern for the sticks. The 5yo then splodged the glue (enthusiastically!) while I positioned the sticks; before laying them with the ends hanging over the edge of a paper plate to allow them to dry without sticking to the newspaper!
Once the glue was dry he set about decorating his fish. He used stars (starting with a big yellow one for a ‘face’!), beads and googly eyes. As always, his decorations followed a pattern and when he was finished we realised it was somewhat reminiscent of the American Flag, which seemed appropriate as today is Memorial Day here in the US!
This craft needed to be done in stages, waiting for things to dry, but the 5yo is patient enough to do this. He enjoyed painting the lollipop sticks; choosing to make the fish stripey; and decorating it. And was, as always, very pleased with his creation :)
That does look like a fun fish to make, and they get to eat 6 lollipops to make it! #pintorials
Thanks! It was fun, although I bought craft sticks… not quite so much fun for the boys :)
Another fab craft project! We made a fish yesterday too at a local kids activity day. Though Arthur is still at the stage where most of the crafting comes down to me… x #letkidsbekids
Thank you :) I love doing the crafts with them, but it is quite nice now that the boys can do a lot of it themselves, I like to watch them getting creative x
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That looks great! And easy enough to do, whilst being complex enough to occupy Boo for a while – win, win!
Exactly, I love finding projects that the boys can largely do by themselves x
What a super craft. He looks so involved in his creation :-)
He loved it, especially the decorating :)
A very colourful and easy craft idea. Could be used for lots of different animals and the materials don’t cost the earth! Lovely.
Yes, I’ve been having a think about what we could make next :)
Looks so nice & easy and colorful! I also love your presentation! Your banner. One of the things that I need to learn if I need to step up my game =P
#LetKidsBeKids
Thank you Merlinda! Picmonkey is fab :)
Fab little activity Sara, looks like a lot of fun. I’m very impressed with how well your fish have turned out :-)
Thanks x I was pretty pleased with it too, the 5yo made a really good job of it x
These look really pretty. Will have to give them a go with my son!
They’d be perfect for your son, mine loved making them :)
Love this, wish I’d seen it earlier as we’ve been rained in today! Thanks for linking with Tuesday Tutorials #pintorials
The weather here has been a bit unpredictable, I’ve been looking for inspiration myself :)
These are sooo pretty. I could totally imagine loads of them on a wall for an underwater themed room! nice work!
That’s a great idea :)
Wow – he did a great job! #Pintorials
Thanks! He had fun :)
I love what you make with a lolly pop stick
Paper plates and Lollipop sticks, where would we be without them?!
That looks great and I bet he had fun too.
Thanks for linking #LetKidsbeKids
He had a lot of fun, he loves doing things like this!
These look great! Love the beads for scales
Thanks, he had a lot of fun making it x
What a fab idea. I love the detail and colours! #MiniCreations
Thank you x
That’s so clever, Sara! Such a simple idea that doesn’t faze a child or overwhelm them…I constantly look for craft ideas for my girls as my older one is very craft-inclined and sadly stuck with a mummy who has a crafting blind spot! Odd that I can do photography and yet be so blank when it comes to innovative thinking. Thanks for giving me a workable idea, I can already hear the excitement for tomo (in my head! ;P) x
This was a good one, easy and contained. I love pinterest for stuff like this, although I tend to just look at the pictures and then decide how I’m going to do it myself :)
this is such a fun idea! i love it honey x
Thank you x
I really like your fish! I would not of thought to use lolly pop sticks like that, it looks really professional! Love the photo’s too :-) Thanks so much for linking up with #ThemedFamilyFun
Thank you, Pinterest is wonderful for inspiration :)
These look great, we must get some lolly sticks #letkidsbekids
It was a fun activity x
That is certainly a very creative fish! Looks like you had loads of fun making them :) #letkidsbekids
It was good fun, I love watching the 5yo decorate his creations, he gets so into it :)
Grace says – These look great and certainly a lot of fun to make. Well Done lil’ dude.
Thanks for linking to #minicreations
Thank you :)