Inspiring ideas generated from one of the cards in our Story Starters deck! Available to YOU on August 15th :)
*Make Gyotaku, exquisite fresh fish prints. Or use rubber ones, and get all the supplies, here.
*Craft your own classic fishing lures. Or try para cord, bottle tops, & spoons.
*Press out a few gorgeous fish ceramic bowls.
*Go fishing in your living room with this truly beautiful, simple stick-&-spool hack.
*Build a wood, copper & bead mobile.
*Fly some Koi kits, out of tissue paper, felt, & fabric.
*Try your own take on fishy rock magnets.
*Create a large-class or whole-school (of fish) hanging clay installation.
*Make a fishy garden bed using curved pavers and outdoor mural paint.
*Do an Earth-friendly Fish Tasting. Get 3 kinds, add seasoning, toss them in rice flour, brown in butter & sear with lemon slices. Discuss. Are you global? Take it further.
*Press out a pro-looking stack of summer thank you notes with a styrofoam produce tray.
*Make a tricky whale invite. Sure. Whales eat fish. There's suckers, skimmers & gulpers. It's all in this big ol' PDF curriculum for grades 6-9 from Oregon State.
*Make some goldfish crackers from scratch.
*Grow triops. They're like if Triassic sea monkeys & scorpions had babies.
*Or hatch some luminescent killifish & learn about embryonic diapause.
*Catch the edge of ocean exploration, ecological opportunity and current crises with these 11 TED talks.
*Tell some fishy tales & serve up some tayaki, stuffed fish-shaped pancakes.
*Create your own wee community pond or bog & do some dipping. Identify critters & take a tally as a family.
*Make simple field guides of your local fish in these blank books. While you're at it, create a game around them with these round gameboards.
*Geek out on the history of fish. Go deep by collecting images & drawing out an epic display.
*Follow along with the Future Fisherman Curriculum. Fish, then clean, store & filet dinner.
*Master fly fishing.
*Feeling motivated & engineer-minded? You can make your own seahorse tank. But this driftwood version is actually just as pretty.
*Turn your existing 20-gallon tank into an advanced science-&-math farm-lab by going down the aquaponics rabbit hole. Or keep it sweet & simple. Here's how to care for that hard-working-finned-farmer.
*Improvise your own simple stick + twine version of this intricate hazelwood fish trap.
*Or, just grab some snorkel gear, a net, & jump in, letting the ancestral memories take over...
xx, Maya
ancestral memories in full effect. at 6 & 8 they're pulling bass, perch & pumpkin seeds out in pairs while snorkeling. it's a good reminder that what we need to know is totally accessible, it's just a matter of listening, remembering & following.#ididntteachthemthat #mindblownmama