Fishing
- Timescale:
- 20 mins - 1 hour
- Materials:
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- Baby bath
- Water and sheets of newspaper
- Play tray or large bowl (or paddling pool, if outside)
- Plastic creatures, frogs, fish etc
- Step 1:
- Put the bath onto sheets of newspaper on floor and fill with water
- Step 2:
- Add some food colouring and the creatures and get fishing.
- Step 3:
- See how quickly you can catch all the creatures and put them in a bucket.
- Option 1:
- Add gelatine or vegetarian alternative (eg agar-agar, xanthan) to the water.
- Option 2:
- Add the creatures and leave to set overnight before fishing.
- Option 3:
- Freeze plastic creatures in ice cubes or moulds, set them free as they melt in the water.
- Handy hints:
- Please ensure that the materials you use are non-toxic.
- Please read the "Things you need to know" section before you prepare for this activity.
- Have fun and get mucky!
- Please read the Things you need think about first section section before you prepare for this activity.
- Credit:
- Barbara Aitken for Sense Scotland, February 2006.
