Felt Fish

I made these felt fish for Serenity's party.

I got the patterns from the Purl Bee.  She made the fish into a magnetic aquarium.  I blew up her patterns, stuffed them with cotton balls and added metal washers to them so we could use them for a fishing game. 

We also used them for an Under the Sea game involving a sheet (used like a parachute) that was the hit of the party!

Here's the thing though.  After I finished, I let the girls start fishing but not all the fish would allow themselves to be caught.  Whaaaaat?  That's right, not all metal is magnetic!  Half of my washers (that I had sewn in) weren't magnetic so I had to take the fish apart and start all over!  ACK!

This got me thinking about other "common sense" things I haven't known about over the years.

1.  How the heck to get my "blinky" Christmas lights to blink?  Turns out, that extra crappy bulb that had half the paint chipped off was actually the bulb that breaks the circuit and allows the light strand to blink!

2.  That there is a night vision part of your rear view mirror.  You just tip the lever up and Voila, no glare!  I just pushed my rear view mirror up to the ceiling whenever someone's headlights got too bright.....for YEARS!  LOL

Now, I don't feel too bad about this because I had a friend who was soooo disappointed that she couldn't figure out how to read a sundial for the time..................at night! HA!

What common sense things have stumped you?

Laterg8r