Flashy Fish Disks
Recycle your CDs! Create a sparkling fish mobile, complete with fun, fishy tongue twisters to flash in the sun.
1. What can you do with recycled CDs? Here’s one idea. Figure out how the CD will become the body of a fish! Make several for a cool fish-school mobile.
2. On white paper, use Crayola Twistables® to draw fish fins, eyes, and lips. Some tips to try: Use half circles and triangles for fins and hearts for lips. Color both sides of each part with vibrant colors and designs. Cut out the pieces with Crayola Scissors.
3. On more paper, draw seaweed and a worm on a hook. Color both sides and cut them out. Use a Crayola Fine Line Marker to write fishy tongue twisters on the seaweed and the worm. How about these? Freshly fried flying fish flew fast. Selfish shellfish swim in the sea. Mrs. Smith’s fish sauce shop sells slurpy soup. Have fun and make up your own tongue twisters!
4. Lay one recycled CD with the shiny side down and the label side up. Attach the top and bottom fins, lips, and seaweed to the CD with Crayola School Glue. Apply glue to the label side of the other CD. Lay it on top of the first CD so the paper pieces are sandwiched between the CDs.
5. Carefully cut slits on the wide end of the side fins. Bend to separate the slits. Glue the smaller ends of the fins to the shiny sides of the CDs, covering the center holes.
6. Glue an eye to each side. Attach the worm to the fish by gluing yarn from the fish’s bottom lip to the hook. Punch a hole in the top fin. Tie yarn or ribbon as a hanger. Your eye-catching fish will sparkle in the sun!
Adult supervision is required for any arts & crafts project. Observe children closely and intervene as necessary to prevent potential safety problems and ensure appropriate use of arts and crafts materials. Some craft items, particularly beads and buttons, are potential choking hazards for young children. Avoid use of such small parts with children younger than 3 years. Craft items such as scissors, push pins and chenille sticks may have sharp points or edges. Avoid use of materials with sharp points by children younger than 4 years. Read all manufacturers' safety warnings before using arts and craft supplies.
Scissors—ATTENTION: The cutting edges of scissors are sharp and care should be taken whenever cutting or handling. Blunt-tip scissors should be used only by children 4 years and older. Pointed-tip scissors should be used only by children 6 years and older.
String-Like Materials—Includes string, raffia, lacing, yarn, ribbon, and other similar material. Children 3 years and younger should not be given any string-like material that is longer than 12 inches. Close adult supervision is essential whenever children use string-like material. When crafts are to be worn around the necks of children 8 years and younger, attach the ends of the “string-like material” with clear adhesive tape, which allows easy release of the bond if the craft becomes entangled or caught on equipment. For children older than 8 years, the ends of the “string-like material” may be tied and knotted.
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