Something Fishy Going On.....

So many incredible ideas out there...

so many creative people sharing the things they do...  

i have no recollection of where i first saw this, 

but i am ecstatic to say that i finally put it 

together and the smaller of my

smalls is already having

a blast

soooo....

maybe you don´t

need a blow by blow description

of how i went about this, but maybe one

or two tips will make it easier.  step one... gather the supplies.  if you are anything like me, this will be by far the most time consuming part of the process.... ok, find an ignored wooden puzzle among your wee one´s 

forgotten treasures... dust it off.  now the hard 

part... find pictures that you like. of the 

family, friends, pets, really anything

you decide....  i love the idea of

distant relatives if you happen

to have any of those.

the tricky part

is being

flexible about 

your picture choices.

our fish puzzle has 11 pieces

so i had about 

• 25 picture possibilities.  

once 

you have done this, 90% of the work is over!  collect 

• glue
•  scissors
•  pen... 

you are almost done! simply grab a piece of the puzzle, put it over the picture and if it fits well enough to see the face, trace it!

 if you like what you see, start to cut... word

to the wise... cut inside the line by...

well, a bit... i can´t be more

specific, it depends 

on how much of 

a perfectionist

you are!

 since i don´t get weighed down

by things needing to look

nice, i just did a trial

and error attempt

for a bit... some

turned out 

better

then

others, but

generally about

a 1/10 of an inch should 

be good... try it, if it fits, glue it in!

big strange hand in the forefront, mine.  your  welcome

if it didn´t fit, don´t worry

give it another whirl.

it will the next

time

then do the glueing business!

yippee!!!

my 2 year old has started naming the fish

papi fish (her papi is behind that

one!)  mommy-grampy fish

i but you can guess

who´s behind 

that one

and 

so on 

sooooo... i

do plan to take this one

step farther by sticking another pic

on the back of the piece.. to do this, flip

the puzzle piece over so that it is backwards before

you trace it.  once that is done, you can say something like

put mommy with papi, or cousin timmy with cousin adam!

you get the picture...  yes, that pun was intended too..

the great thing about this business is that you

can bring new excitement to an old toy

and keep reviewing everyone´s

name and face with

the tiny ones!

have fun, any variations on this, take a pic and tell me about

it!