Aquarium with reused materials

Materials –

Small cardboard box

Paint

Construction paper

Foamy pad (used originally to protect something that came in a box delivered to me)

Dropper

Water

Food coloring (blue)

Glow in the dark pebbles 

Markers

String 

Tape

Scissors

This activity was made in parts then assembled in the end…

Aquarium

Cut two sides of a small cardboard box (the front and the bottom of it) then painted. 

The water 

Mix water with blue food coloring that my son (2.5) used to paint the foamy pad with a dropper, it had to be dried overnight. 

Fish

Make fish with markers onto the construction paper and have the child color decorate it with colored markers and cut them. 

Finalizing 

Tie the strings to the top of the aquarium and glue the other end of it to the back of the fish with tape. Add the pad against the back of the aquarium between the cardboard and the fish. Set the aquarium in the desired place and add the pebbles.