Glitter Fish.

I teach Sunday school to a group of five - eight year olds for a whole month about every other month.  It's always interesting coming up with something that teaches as well as entertains.  I found Glitter Fish while searching Pinterest. While these glitter fish aren't as spectacular as shown on Catholic Icing, they were a big hit, and I'm glad to have had the site for inspiration. 

Here's what we did today:

Take empty paper towel or toilet paper rolls, flatten them and cut them into strips.   Then cut the strips in half at one of the ends. 

Cut a slit on either end and attach them. 

Voila, fish!

Next, take white school glue and mix 1:1 with water.  Brush glue mix on the fish and drop them into a gallon-size zip lock filled with glitter.  FYI: I was able to easily put three fish into the bag.

Shake it up (just like I batter my chicken!). Make sure the fish are covered with plenty of sparkles!

By the way, I didn't have enough glitter, so I added some other sparkly items I had on hand.  

Voila, Glitter Fish!

We didn't have time to let these dry before we had to head to church. I brought in sandwich-size zip locks to place them in.  It limited the mess of glitter as the kids met up with their parents!  

The kids really enjoyed this activity, and kept asking for more and more fish to glue, shake and glitter.  

Great fun!  Thanks again for the idea Catholic Icing!