Letter Of The Week - "X" For X-Ray Fish

I think “X” is really a tough letter. There are so few words that begin with the letter so I had to pick “x-ray fish” for today’s craft. The two fish were made beforehand using tissue paper and cardboard (bones). I was not very concerned with accuracy, I just wanted Sophie to “see” the effect of x-ray without getting too technical about it.



I woke up late today so I left Sophie alone with the markers to wolf down my breakfast. She was drawing tiny crosses (I suspect she was trying to draw “x”s… hahaha) until I urged her to fill up more spaces.



I thought the “X” was not really outstanding enough so I gave Sophie some dot paint. She was not too keen though. I had to pretend we were playing drums to get her to “dot” the “X” and that did not work anymore, I had to teach her to “stamp” with her palms. In the end, she liked “drinking” the paint best.

I was totally impressed that she was still with me on this. I thought she would have started whining and crying by now. As we were going to stick tissue paper (seaweeds) on the construction paper (background), I let her apply her stick glue all over it for me. I thought stick glue works better with tissue paper than white glue (learnt the hard way) but I forgot to use non-washable stick glue (another lesson learnt) so the paper would be perpetually sticky (like Post-it).

I had thought Sophie would rip the tissue paper apart and stick the shreds all over her fingers, but she did not. She was rather dainty as she took the strips from me. The only problem was she wanted to apply the glue all over the paper.



Sophie probably enjoyed the "squeeze" more than anything. Sometimes, I am amazed by how the simpliest thing in our daily life can interest her so much.



In anycase, the end product looks a little too glittery for my liking. BUT who cares? Sophie likes it.

End Product - "X" For X-Ray Fish