I was super excited about this one and only used stuff around the house and left over supplies. I used these light stick necklaces that we were given at a fair for the poles. I tied a bottle cap with a magnet glued on it to the end of the necklace. For the fish, I cut them out of colored paper, laminated them, and glued a bottle cap on. Some of the bottle caps I painted and some were old ones from bottle cap ornament attempts - so one had a picture of Daddy (this became Alyssa's favorite fish). It didn't take too long to put the pieces together - the cutting was the longest part.
I had to demonstrate quite a few times before Alyssa was really interested in trying to catch the fish. Abby never got there; she just ate the fish. At first Alyssa just wanted to collect the fish and spread them out on the table. So I let her play with the fish how she wanted for a while intermittently "stealing" a fish with the pole. Eventually she wanted to try with the pole - and caught some herself.
Quick thoughts:
- A little too advanced for Abby, but it challenged Alyssa. I'm trying to make sure that I'm not just challenging Abby so I was really excited to see Alyssa learning new things, too. We are still practicing proper pole form...
- While it was too challenging for Abby to fish, she was still interested in playing with the fish. This helped keep her occupied and engaged with us, while I was more focused on Alyssa
- The hot glue on the lamination doesn't stick very securely. We lost a bottle cap or two, especially when bending the fish. Maybe superglue would have worked better?
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