Kids can go fishing right at home with this easy-to-make game! With a paper plate pond, a few printable fish, and a few other supplies, kids will be catching a whole lot of fun!

Supplies

• Printable Colorful Fish Template
• Printable Black and White Fish Template
• Printable Go Fishing! Playing Die (optional)
• A large straw, wooden dowel, or pencil for a fishing pole
• String
• Two 1-inch round magnets for fishing pole
• Paper clips
• Scissors
• Crayons (optional)
• Glue (optional)

Directions

1. Color the paper plate blue
2. Print the Go Fishing! Game Playing Die (optional)

To Make the Fish

1. Print the fish templates, color fish, and cut out
2. Tape a paper clip to the back of the fish or slip a paperclip on the nose of the fish
3. If using back-to-back templates, cut fish out, put a paper clip between the sides and glue or tape the two sides together

To Make the Fishing Pole

1. Tie a length of string to the straw, pencil, or dowel
2. Sandwich the other end of the string between the two circular magnets
3. Lay the fish on the plate
4. Go fishing!

Optional Game: Kids can roll the die to determine which fish to catch.

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