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Quick DIY fishing game

July 23rd, 2012 | 17 Comments

We were having a garage sale and my mother had some old fishing rods she got to sell, Nico wanted to play with them, but of course he couldn’t or he would mess them all up, so he ask to have one made. My mother got him a little branch and attached a rope to it. I thought it was a little boring, so I got a pipe cleaner and made him a hook. As he wanted to catch fishes, I got more pipe cleaners and made him 3 brown fishes and 3 black ones (those were the colors I had left in the kitchen). I went with the basic fish shape and bent them a little so they would come off the ground and he could get his hook in it. It took 5 minutes and voilà a homemade fishing game!

Options:
1) Make different colors of fishes and have them catch particular colors for color recognition.
2) Make different numbers of the colored fishes and have kids catch that many of that color and count along.
3) Make shapes instead of fishes to add to the mix and play the same as #1 & #2 but with the added shape recognition.
4) You can also do color mixing, example: catch a yellow fish and a red fish what colored fish would you have ??? if you mixed them? (you can tell the answer for younger ones) and have the child fish for the right color.

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Valerie is the creative mind behind "Glittering Muffins", stay-at-home mom of Nico, a little dynamo that is bursting with energy. He also is the inspiration behind the blog (and the name) with his keen interest in cooking, baking and, well, glitter. Valerie constantly is thinking about twists to the traditional arts, crafts and recipes to make them her own and is inspiring others while doing so. Outside of the blogging world, her main activity is Nico, with the occasional TV show (non-toddler related) and casual game here and there.

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Filed under: Activities, Crafts, English, Everyday, Home, Indoors, Outdoors · Tags: activity, color recognition, counting, craft, fishing, nature, outdoors, pipe cleaner, shape recognition

17 Responses to "Quick DIY fishing game"

The Monko says:

July 29, 2012 at 16:06

What a great way to use pipecleaners, I have a ton of them – we are so doing this. (So funny I have started to be able to recognise Nico from a tiny thumbnail)
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1. Valérie says:
  
  July 29, 2012 at 21:52
  
  Cool Monko, I’d love to see your version! I recognize Goblin too
  
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Helen says:

July 29, 2012 at 22:17

Nico is so cute! I love how focused he looks. And a great idea for pipe cleaners – my girls will enjoy making the fish as much as fishing for them.

Thank you both, Valerie and Alex, for your Kira comments – fingers crossed!

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1. Valérie says:
  
  July 30, 2012 at 07:21
  
  Thanks, Nico is a little too young to make the shape, his pipe cleaner making are normally squishing them, lol. I’d love to see your girls version, please share it on our facebook page
  Kira is very welcome and a lucky girl to have a mommy who cares so much, fingers crossed too
  
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Deb @ Living Montessori Now says:

July 30, 2012 at 20:02

Great idea for a fishing activity, Valerie! I love that fishing activities have so many fun educational uses. Awesome photos … love the concentration! Thanks for linking up with Montessori Monday. I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page and pinned it to my Outdoor Classroom Pinterest Board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/outdoor-classroom/
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1. Valérie says:
  
  July 30, 2012 at 20:48
  
  Thanks a lot Deb!
  
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maryanne @ mama smiles says:

August 1, 2012 at 04:18

I love how simple this activity is! Looks like Nico enjoyed it, too.

Thanks for sharing with Learning Laboratory at Mama Smiles =)
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1. Valérie says:
  
  August 1, 2012 at 15:52
  
  Thanks MaryAnne! He did and still does, lol.
  
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Amy@Serving Pink Lemonade says:

August 1, 2012 at 15:00

I love this! Who ever gets tired of fishing games? We’ll be trying this version soon.
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1. Valérie says:
  
  August 1, 2012 at 15:48
  
  Thanks Amy! We’d love to see your version, please share back on our facebook page when you do it
  
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Coombemill - Fiona says:

August 1, 2012 at 19:33

The simple ideas are often the best! Must inspire mine to make some and go fishing in our river!
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1. Valérie says:
  
  August 1, 2012 at 22:12
  
  Thanks Fiona! Hope yours are inspired and you share back on our facebook, we’d love to see theirs
  
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maggy, red ted art says:

August 2, 2012 at 13:29

Adorable. Love how it is “quick” and yet fab!

Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

Maggy
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1. Valérie says:
  
  August 2, 2012 at 13:54
  
  Thanks Maggy
  
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The Zoo says:

August 2, 2012 at 13:30

How wonderful. A great game and so many learning opportunities!
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1. Valérie says:
  
  August 2, 2012 at 13:53
  
  Thanks
  
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