Make and Play Giant Magnet Fishing

Supplies:

• Large cardboard or foam sheets (for fish shapes)

• Scissors

• Markers, paint, or coloured paper for decorating fish

• Paper clips (one per fish)

• String or yarn (about 1 metre per fishing rod)

• Sticks, dowels, or cardboard tubes (for fishing rods)

• Magnets (one per fishing rod — strong enough to pick up paper clips)

• Tape or glue

Steps:

1. Cut out large fish shapes from cardboard or foam sheets.

2. Decorate each fish with bright colours, patterns, and names if you like!

3. Attach a paper clip to the fish’s mouth — this is what the magnet will “catch.”

4. To make the fishing rods, tie one end of the string to a stick or tube.

5. Tape or glue a magnet securely to the other end of the string.

6. Spread the fish out on the floor, in a paddling pool, or on blue paper to look like water.

7. Players take turns “fishing” by lowering their magnet into the ocean to try and catch a fish!

Other Information:

• For added fun, give each fish a point value and turn it into a competition.

• You can theme it — e.g. sharks, jellyfish, or mermaids.