Our first order of business: watercolor fish and homemade fishing poles. Both kids painted three of their own fish, which I had outlined on watercolor paper.
It was fun to watch how differently they painted - partially because of their age difference, and partially because of their personalities (Jack is much more methodical and clean whereas Kingsley is more free-spirited and messy). Jack definitely stuck with it longer though, while Kingsley became more interested in sticking her fingers in the paint.
Once the fish were painted, I cut them out and pasted a magnet on the backs. For the fishing poles, we attached a string and magnet to the ends of old reels from blinds. And off to our boat (ie my bed) we headed!
Kingsley lost interest pretty quickly, and decided to pet the dog and hug her baby doll instead. I worried a bit about Jack's frustration level, but he got really good really fast, and totally took to "fishing"! He exclaimed "mama!!" or "i got a bite!" as each fish entered the boat, then put each of the fish in his bucket after catching them. Once all six were caught, he'd dump them back and start again. For over an hour he was completely entertained! Yay for new and exciting projects!!
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