Here’s what we did for Fun Friday on July 9

The Story

The book was Ten Little Fish By Audrey Wood

The Song: Five Little Fish

From Jack Hartmann’s I’ve Got Music In Me CD

One little fish swimming in the sea
Splishing and a splashing rockin to the beat
Here comes another fish, whoops say “hello”
Two little fish swimming in a row

Two little fish swimming in the sea
Splishing and a splashing rockin to the beat
Here comes another fish, whoops say “hello”
Three little fish swimming in a row

Three little fish swimming in the sea
Splishing and a splashing rockin to the beat
Here comes another fish, whoops say “hello”
Four little fish swimming in a row

Four little fish swimming in the sea
Splishing and a splashing rockin to the beat
Here comes another fish, whoops say “hello”
Five little fish swimming in a row

Five little fish swimming in the sea
Splishing and a splashing rockin to the beat
Five little fish swimming in a row
Let’s wave good-bye cause whoops there they go
Let’s wave good-bye cause whoops there they go

The Craft: Paper Plate Aquarium

What you’ll need:

• 2 white or blue paper plates
• A roughly 6 inch diameter circle of clear plastic cut from discarded packaging material (or clear plastic wrap for food)
• Colored construction paper or tempera paint
• Scissors and a craft knife (optional)
• Glue, tape, and stapler
• Crayons, or markers
• Thread or yarn (about a foot total)

How to make it:

STEP 1 – Cut a Viewing Window: Turn one paper plate upside down and draw a circle around the base of the plate (you will cut out the entire bottom of the plate, the part of plate that you would normally put food on). This plate will become the viewing window of the aquarium.
Cut along the circle you drew (have an adult start the cut with a pointy scissors or a craft knife; the child can finish the cutting using a blunt scissors).

STEP 2 – Cover the Viewing Area With Plastic: Cut a circle of clear plastic slightly larger than the hole in the front plate (the plastic should be about 1/4 inch larger than the hole). You can use the thick plastic that is used as packing material on many of the things we buy (the thicker plastic is easier to work with than thin plastic film that can tear and stick to itself). Tape the plastic to the inside of the plate.

STEP 3 – On The Second Plate Make a Blue Background (if you’re using a blue plate, omit this step): You can either color the background blue or cut out a circle of blue construction paper and glue it in place. If you opt to use paper, use the circle you cut out as a template to cut out a blue construction-paper circle for the background of your aquarium. Glue the blue circle to the plate (glue it to the surface where the food would normally go).

STEP 4 – Plants and Animals : The plants and animals can be cut out of construction paper or you can use stickers or pictures from magazines. Glue some of the creatures to the background. Others creatures can hang from threads so they look like they’re swimming. For each hanging creature, cut a short length of thread. Tape one end of the thread to the back of a fish; tape the other end of the thread to the top of the plate.

STEP 5 – Finish the Aquarium: Tape or staple the top plate to the back plate. Now you have a cute paper plate aquarium.

Tags: fun friday, Valley Junction Store

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