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INVITATION IDEAS
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Using the fish pattern at the Pattern station, cut out a small or medium sized fish shape from heavy paper. |
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Write a party greeting on the front of the fish shape and party particulars on the back. |
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Place in an envelope and put a fish sticker on the back to close.
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FAVOR IDEAS
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Fill small plastic boats with nuts, or fish or worm shaped gummy candies. |
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Give children small plastic tackle boxes to take home. |
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DECORATIONS
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Pictures of fish and boats cut from magazines could be hung on the wall or hung from the ceiling as a mobil. |
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A fish net could be hung on the wall with paper cutouts of stars, shells, and fish. |
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Small boats or shells could decorate the table or a fish bowl with fish could be put on as a centerpiece.
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FOOD IDEAS
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Tuna or fish stick sandwiches |
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If you plan to serve lunch at your party, you can get small white boxes at a bakery and decorate them to look like fishing baskets. Put a picnic lunch inside each one. |
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CHILD INVOLVEMENT ACTIVITIES
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Fishing – If at all possible, take the children to a fish farm, where your guests can actually have the fun of catching a fish. Be prepared to actually cook the fish the children catch, or have them packed in ice, so they can be taken home after the party.
Many fish farms, have picnic facilities, so your party could be all at the fishing site. |
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Making fish bowls – You will need two paper plates per child, some blue Saran wrap, some fish stickers and some tape.
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Give each child a paper plate and some fish stickers. |
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Have the children place the stickers in the middle of their plate. |
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Pass out some green markers or crayons and have the children draw on some seaweed grasses around the fish. |
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Then, pass out another paper plate, of which, you have previously cut out the center, and taped some wrap across the front of the plate. |
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Have children place the new plate over the fish plate, upside-down. |
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Help children staple around the edges of their two plates. |
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Extension: Cut the paper plates straight across the top and the bottom to give them more of a fish bowl look.
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Underwater Pictures
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Pass out white construction paper to the children and some crayons. |
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Have the children color on an underwater scene, with fish, seaweed, shells, etc. |
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Set out a blue wash (diluted blue paint) and some paint brushes. |
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When pictures are finished, have the children paint over their scenes with the blue wash, creating a water background to the picture. |
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ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT
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Divide the children up into pairs. |
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Have them sit on the floor facing each other, with raised knees and feet touching. |
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Have children join hands and rock back and forth. |
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As they rock, have them sing “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”.
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Variations of this activity:
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Children could each fish for a minute to see how many fish they could catch. |
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Children could fish for colored fish. At the end of the game, each color of fish could correspond to a different prize. |
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Magnetic prizes. Have children fish over a barrier for a small metal toy they get to keep as a prize. (Someone could hide behind the barrier to see that everyone gets a toy.) |
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Reel Fishing Pole – One time I had children fish off a deck on our house using a small reel fishing pole, with a safety pin, tied on the bottom of the line. When the line came down, a friend would undo the safety pin and pin on a small prize and pull on the line, so the child could reel in their prize. |
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