STICK FISH

Stick Fish,Supplies:sticks,leaf, twigs, wiggle eye, glue guns, construction paper or cardboard sheet, cut 81/2 X 51/, craft scissors
slice of a tree branch or trunk, "tree cookie" could be used (pruning shears needed to cut sticks to correct length)
Age Level: Preschool to Middle School, depending on degree of adult assistance available

This is a simple, inexpensive craft. A glue gun works better than liquid glue and for that reason adult assistance will be required. Adults should select sticks about the width of an adult's little finger and about 6 to 8 inches long. The trick to making this craft is to find sticks that have a slight curve to them.

Each child will also need a supply of twigs, one wiggle eye and a leaf or two. Glue the "backbone" to construction paper, cardboard, or a wood slice before the activity for young children. Older children can do all the gluing themselves. The children break the twigs to the same length and lay them across the "backbone" of their fish. Young children will need help gluing the "bones" in place at intervals along the backbone. The leaves can be used without cutting if they are pointed, or they can be notched with a scissors to form the head and tail of the fish. Glue the eye in place on the leaf.