Fishing Game
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Fathers Day (Australia & NZ)
04, Sep 2022
Fathers Day (US, Canada & UK)
19, Jun 2022
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Improve hand-eye coordination and provide some gentle exercise for the upper body with this fun fishing game! A wonderful opportunity to reminisce in a social environment!
Materials:
- Fish shapes made from cardboard or construction paper. Download fish templates provided and create the fish in a craft session. Ask residents to paint them in colourful tones.
- Magnets
- Yarn / thread
- Wooden sticks to turn into fishing rods (approximately 3ft (1m). They must not be heavy for safety reasons.
- Paper clips
- Glue
Assembly:
- Glue magnets to the back of fish (at least one dozen fish are required).
- Attach yarn to one end of stick and secure a paper clip at the other end, to attract the fish magnets. Alternatively, you may glue another magnet to the end of rope; it makes for a stronger pull. That's your fishing rod complete!
Instructions
- Seat 3 or 4 residents in a circle with the fish in the middle on the floor. Give each a straw hat to look the part!
- To the count of three, residents start fishing. The idea is to attract the magnets on the fish with the 'hook' (paper clips).
- When a resident manages to catch a fish, assist with taking the fish off the hook so he may resume fishing.
- The game finishes when there are no more fish in the pond.
- The best fisherman (the one with the most fish) is crowned the winner and gets a prize. Prize suggestions: a bag of marshmallows or a packet of savoury biscuits.
- Repeat the game with another 4 residents.
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Hello, we have just had fun painting these sea fish and creatures, and we have now had lots of fun playing the game, we used a small paddling pool to put the fish in. Hope you like our photos
Lizzie this is so great to see! Thank you so much for sending a photo!
We give the winner (most fish) a chocolate marshmallow fish and the person who caught the least fish gets a chocolate frog.
You could also number the fish and have them try to catch them in order of how they go. This would work for residents that are more alert and oriented. Also you could choose to mark Zoink on the back of one of the fish. Tell them to try to find all the fish accept the one that is marked with with the word zoink on it. If you catch that one then you are eliminated from the fishing game. Another version would be to put names of prizes on the backs of the fish. Which ever fish they catch dictates the prize the win. One fish can have the big prize on it.
Hi Sherry
Thank you for your suggestions
I am planning to call it "fishing for compliments" and on the back of the fish have " say something nice to the person on your right, another will say the person on your left another will say a CNA, another will say kitchen staff, another will say a person wearing a blue shirt, etc....I think that will be fun.
I love this idea Tamela!
Sounds like a great idea Tamala thank you
Lots of nice tips. This I should try with jokes, wisdom words and questions
Perhaps this game could be used in reminiscing also, having a quesition on the back of the fish as a conversation starter.
Thank you Heather. I have also excellent feedback with this game.
This activity was a great success in our memory support unit (palmwoods QLD) Thanks for a fantastic site
This activity worked well to celebrate the opening
of the Fishing Season in October - Many Thanks - Shirley NSW
Well, it was great fun as I predicted .. but NOT with the men. Instead, our women wanted to go fishing! Just proves the point ... NEVER assume!
Thanks guys! This will be such fun to do with the men in the memory support unit ... I will let you know how it goes!! Marilyn
HI There
I try this activity on my residents, I had numbers on the back of the fish & who ever got the highest won 1st prize
Regards
Rosemary
Hi Gerry,
Great idea placing the jokes on your 'pond'. You can also write the name of a song on the back of the fish and the participant will have to sing it. If too shy to do so, ask the other participants to help.
Cheers
we have made the fishing game from bright coloured fish from the internet we have put jokes on the back and the residents have to catch the fish and read the joke, sometimes with our help gerry from bindaree