It’s been a few years since I made my first fish tank. It was at the first school I taught at and a parent helper had seen it on a child care course. After making them with the whole class it took several days before we could rid the classroom of the smell of cheap hair gel!
It felt strange this time drawing and cutting out my own fish and seaweed from the foam sheets. I used all of the 300ml hair gel but should have used less. I added far too much glitter to but it sparkles well in the sun. I used electrical tape to secure the top of the fish tank although it probably wasn’t necessary.
The first plan was to give Adam the fish tank as a sensory bag. However his immediate reaction was to scrunch up the bag so I opted for cellotaping the zip-loc bag to our living room patio door. This worked much better.
He explored the tank with his fingers and even his head! Throughout the day he would go up to it and push the fish around. Definitely easier to maintain than actual fish!
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