• About 6' of thin white paper, like the back of wrapping paper
• Art supplies - paints markers, etc
• Glue - low temp glue gun, craft or white.
• Stiff wire to make hoops, about 12"
• Kite string - one piece about 20" long, another as long as you want.

• Fold the paper in half, white side showing.
• Draw a simple, long fish design - about 12" by 32" or so.
• Cut it out so you have two of them, white showing on the outside of both.
• Color, paint and decorate the fish.  Make them bright and colorful!
• Glue the tops and bottoms of the bodies together, leaving the mouth and tail open.
• Make a hoop that will hold the mouth wide open.  Glue or tape it in place.
• Tie the short string on both sides of the mouth, tie the long string to the middle of the short string.
• Use as a windsock, or as the tail of a kite.

Origami

     Use any good referce book and try some paper folding projects. A meeting can be built around
making and flying paper airplanes, with competitions for farthest flight, longest time in the air, accuracy,
stunts etc.  Try the story Sadako and the 1,000 Paper Cranes to introduce origami.

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