The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas

So Katie and I made a very special bottle message for her, and snuck it in with her other bottles. The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles was actually a special request from Lydia, a little girl who was aging out of our Tiger Tales story time program. Then they “fished” off the side, connecting the magnet hook to the paper clipped bottles, which were then hoisted and deposited into the creel! Ready to fish? My son and I crafted this awesome row boat we dubbed the “Cape May III.”Īt story time, I scattered the kids’ bottles in the “ocean” while they sat in the boat. Finally, use extra paper from the template to write messages and tuck them into the pockets of the bottles. Tape a paper clip to the top of the bottle. You can find mylar sheets on Amazon, or you can use clear gift wrapping cellophane. We decorated ours with color masking tape, but markers work too! The fishing pole is a wooden dowel, and the “hook” is a button magnet hot glued to a wine cork.Ĭolor and cut the 3 bottles from the template, then tape a little pocket of archival mylar to one side.

Scissors, tape, and stapler for constructionįirst, your equipment! The fishing creel is a box with a poster board handle stapled to the lid.

3 rectangles of clear plastic (more on this below!).

1 message bottle template, printed on 8.5″ x 11″ card stock.

1 strip of poster board strip for a box handle.

However, when he arrives, he finds everyone he talked to earlier, waiting and ready to have a party with him!

Finding no success, he decides to take the bottle to the party and report his failure.

So the Uncorker asks a number of people if the message belongs to them. One day, a bottle arrives with a party invitation, but no name. But secretly, he yearns for someone to write a message to him. The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles’ job is to spot message bottles and deliver them to their proper recipients. We read The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles, written by Michelle Cuevas, and illustrated by Erin E. Messages of love, thoughtful notes, warm invitations…they’re all heading your way to be captured and stashed in your fishing creel AND your heart!

The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas