These come in handy for all kinds of fun themed events!
Choose your amount of Fortune Teller Fish from 30 to 100, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy
These went to a local art event and I hope they added some nostalgic fun to an Etsy buyer's "artful table."
Here is the email I received:
I got your note with my order, so I am writing to tell you what I am doing with the fish.
At
our local art center we have an event called "Artful Table".
Individuals or companies decorate a table. They are judged and all
guests sit at them and have lunch. The tables need to be over the top.
Last
year the theme was holidays and I did New Years Eve. I won! This year
the theme is "Georgia on my mind". My table is called "Georgia State
Fair". It will have a red and white canopy over the table and a
carousel horse in the middle of the table that will go up and down.
I
am putting things on the table that you would see at a fair. The fish,
along with other vintage prizes will be on the table. If you would
like, I will send you a picture after the event.
Here is what I wrote back:
Hi there!
Your story is so awesome! I just love it and would love to
see pictures of your "Artful Table!" Your table sounds over the top
with a carousel horse that goes up and down at your mini fun Georgia
State Fair! I hope you win again! Thanks for sharing and I can't wait
to see your final product!
Thank you for making my day!
Kennedy
Thank you for making my day!
Kennedy
Choose your amount of Fortune Teller Fish from 30 to 100, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy
How fun! She said everyone had fun with these and they were straight from her childhood! I hope she won! Can you imagine having lunch at a mini Georgia State Fair with a carousel as your centerpiece? Too cool!
I never used them for something as fancy as that! I would have loved to have been a fly on the carousel to see that one! I used mine in the classroom in many ways, but mainly as a fun prop for every student to have as an introduction into "All Things Magic!"
All the magic I introduced in my classroom were either math and science related and these fortune teller fish, not only tell you your "love" fortune, but was an introduction to chemistry!
I had tons left over from my teaching days and couldn't give enough away, so I listed them at our Etsy shops and now they are one of our most popular items!
Choose your amount of Fortune Teller Fish from 30 to 100, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy
My third grade students just loved these and later took them home to share with family as part of their homework! They had to collect data on their family's fortune and explain how they worked.
Another lesson was for English Language Development on synonyms and antonyms and would create their own fortunes using the writing process and the final product was a sticker that went over the original fortunes to share with family and friends as part of another homework assignment.
These are so fun, they would go a long way inside and outside the classroom with all kinds of teachable moments. Some of my students who needed a lot of audience attention or liked being the "life of the party" would even mime act the fortune fish movements out and we'd all call out which fortunes the movements matched! So many different kinds of teachable fun!
Smaller amounts from 8 to 20, available here
photo via The Destiny of Things
Saying Goodbye: I give these away like candy! They usually go in every order from all our Etsy shops in a little "thank you" goodie bag and I never dreamed they would become so popular at our Etsy shops.
I love them because they bring back old memories with a smile to many and make new memories for all ages.
Smaller amounts from 8 to 20, available here
photo via The Destiny of Things
What I Learned:
1. These may have once been a teaching tool for me, but I've learned that Etsy buyers use them in all kinds of ways! From carnival to circus themed weddings and birthday to magic to fortune teller parties, fish themed birthday party favors for dads, Bohemian wedding favors, and more!
At a couple of wedding events they just left these on the plates for guests to entertain themselves and use as ice breakers while they waited for their meal to be served. They said they were instant hits!
They've even been used at a quilting bee! An Etsy buyer said her friends were thrilled and had so much fun playing and remembering stories from their past with these.
One never knows what a little magic dancing fish will bring!
Another popular item from our shops in 50 or 100 here
In smaller amounts of 10 and in themed colors here at JunkDrawerAndMore
photo via Hoarder Rehab
Thank you Etsy buyer from VintageToGoEasy
for taking the time to email and share your story and I wish the highest success and fun at your local art center's "Artful Table" event!
Thank you for the teaching trip down memory lane because teaching magic through math and science made teaching so much fun back then and also, I am so thankful it brought back childhood memories to you too!
Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab I could ever imagine!
Thank you all readers from all over the world who continue to support my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visits!
Another popular item from my hoard of hoard collections for carnival, circus, zoo and safari themed events, available in 14 or 48 count here
They make fun drink or cup cake toppers
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
I
am adding new items weekly to each shop until I have 800 of my dehoard
listed that will be 200 items listed at each shop! However, I still need to focus on my health, so I'm adding slowly, but surely. I hit my goal at VintageToGoeasy! yahoo!
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 198 items, The Destiny of Things- 180 items, VintageToGoEasy - 200 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 185 items!
Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too! Thanks for looking!
Our latest best seller.... must be a lot of toothless grins out there lately!
Another great teaching tool for oral hygiene week and for all the teeth that fall out in third grade! Also for sweet tooth parties and dessert brunches!
Available here in 5 or 10 count
photo via The Destiny of Things
Related Stories:
3. Other wedding themed ideas: Fortune Fish: The Destiny of Things, Story 238
4. As Underwater theme decor, see update photos and story here
6. An Etsy buyer from NY sharing Fortune Fish with her college classmates
as they study, Fortune Teller Miracle Fish by Cathryn Hankla: The
Destiny of Things, Story 152. I also included some of my favorite
passages, read it here
7. How these fish work: Teachable Moments with Fortune Fish Tellers: The Destiny of Things, Story 180
8. With an updated photo from an Etsy buyer using some of my items from the "Thank you" package, here
9. Fortune Fish at a quilting bee where old memories made new ones! Read it here!
10. Miracle Fish Fortune Teller Surprise Balls: The Destiny of Things, Story XCII, here
11. UPDATE on A Little Girl and her Miracle Fish: The Destiny of Things, Story #112, Part 2, here
"Some old memories making many new ones!"---Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things
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