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Swimmy the Fish {Stamp Craft}

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Swimmy by Leo Lionni Fish Stamp Craft

Swimmy by Leo LionniSwimmy by Leo Lionni is a wonderful little book that I enjoy reading to my kids! The book helps to remind kids about the importance and benefits of teamwork! In order to avoid being eaten, Swimmy, a little black fish, and a school of little red fish work together to swim in a formation that looks like one giant fish – with Swimmy as the eye. I just love the message that is portrayed within the book!

I have read this book to all of my kids during their kindergarten year. This year, with my youngest twins, I decided to incorporate a fun fish stamping craft to go along with the book! We had loads of fun and I love how our craft turned out!

Swimmy Fish Stamping Directions:

First we made fish shaped bottle top stamps by cutting out foam fish shapes and adhering them to the bottle tops. (Stamps are shown in the image above.) I drew a big fish shape onto white paper and the boys stamped fish inside the big fish drawn on the paper.

Swimmy by Leo Lionni Stamp Activity

They continued stamping until the big fish was full of little red fish. Then we used black ink to stamp Swimmy as the eye of the giant fish!

Swimmy by Leo Lionni Stamp Activity

The final step is to cut out the fish and glue it to blue paper!

Swimmy by Leo Lionni Fish Stamp Activity

Alternative Swimmy Craft:

One of my boys wanted to make the blue paper look like water so we grabbed some blue and white paint and some bubble wrap.

Swimmy by Leo Lionni Stamp Activity

Here is Swimmy in the bubbly water!

Swimmy by Leo Lionni Fish Stamp Activity

Which do you prefer?

…Swimmy in the plain blue water or Swimmy in the bubbly blue water?

If you don’t already own Swimmy, be sure to look for it at your local library!

iHomeschool Network: A Book and a Big IdeaLooking for more picture book fun? Be sure to visit the iHomeschool Network for A Book and a Big Idea, a blog hop where iHn bloggers share some of their favorite picture books and coordinating enrichment activities!

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  1. Mama Jenn

    May 2, 2013 at 3:12 am

    Thanks Desiree! It was alot of fun!

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  2. Mama Jenn

    May 1, 2013 at 3:24 pm

    Yep, I saw the idea of cutting and gluing the fish onto the page. In fact, I think we did that one year! But, the stamping is much easier and more fun!

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  3. Desiree

    May 1, 2013 at 5:06 am

    This looks like fun. I like the fish in the bubbly background, but both work!

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  4. kewkew

    April 28, 2013 at 4:47 am

    Oh, we just read Swimmy last week along with our Oo:Octopus unit for MFW. I wish I had seen this post earlier. What a neat idea. I had seen the idea of gluing on little fish in the shape of a fish, but I like this way better. I have never made stamps like this. Gonna have to try it.

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  5. Mama Jenn

    April 20, 2013 at 6:59 am

    Thanks! We have made all kinds of stamps this way! Love being able to recycle stuff in a fun way!

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  6. Nicole DeLeon

    April 17, 2013 at 7:04 pm

    What a great idea! I love your simple way of making the stamps with products we always have on hand. Looks like fun too!

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  7. Mama Jenn

    April 16, 2013 at 9:09 pm

    Thanks Jodi! We try to have a lil bit of fun! {grins}

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  8. Jodi Durr

    April 15, 2013 at 6:24 pm

    Wow! I love this. What a great idea! Your kids must have had a blast.

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