The Rainbow Fish
The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister
Crafts
Paper Plate Rainbow Fish
Age 3 – 7
Supplies:
- Paper Plate
- Tissue Paper
- Tinfoil or Silver Wrapping Paper
- Blue Paint
- Stapler
- Glue
- White Paper or Large Googly Eye
Instructions:
- Paint the paper plate.
- Once the paper plate is dry, cut out a triangular shape to create a mouth and staple the triangle to the opposite side to form a tail.
- Cut out multiple pieces of coloured tissue paper and begin sticking the tissue paper to the paper plate to create scales.
- Finish off with a large paper eye or googly eye.
Sea Slime
Age 7 – 10
Supplies:
- 1/2 Cup Clear Washable School Glue
- 1/4 Cup Liquid Starch
- 1/2 Cup of Water
- Food Coloring
- Glitter
- Seashells, Plastic Sea or Ocean Animals (Optional)
Instructions:
- In a bowl mix 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup of glue (mix well to combine completely).
- Add (color, glitter, or confetti)! Remember when you add color to white glue, the color will be lighter. Use clear glue for jewel toned colors!
- Pour in 1/4 cup of liquid starch. You will see the slime immediately start to form. Keep stirring until you have a gooey blob of slime. The liquid should be gone!
- Kneading your slime! It will appear stringy at first but just work it around with your hands and you will notice the consistency changes. You can also put it in a clean container and set it aside for 3 minutes, and you will also notice the change in consistency!
The Book Nook
The Book Nook has an eclectic assortment of gently-loved books. Adult Books are $5 each, Children and Ado books are $2 each. There are also some jigsaw puzzles for family fun.
We are now only accepting donated books in very good condition published since 2010. No textbooks or magazines please.
Internet Access
Use the library computers or bring your own.