Fish Extenders?

[JenGC]

They are just two sizes of dowel caps, glued on. I used a glue gun, but they came off at different points, so I am going to see about the glue dots. Those are super sticky!!

Why dont you use wood glue? That's what I do when the ends dont stay on their own (usually the dowel is large than the ends and I have to hammer them in)

 

[Jessica_of_FL]

They are just two sizes of dowel caps, glued on. I used a glue gun, but they came off at different points, so I am going to see about the glue dots. Those are super sticky!!

Thank you!!

 

[AmandaRG]

Why dont you use wood glue? That's what I do when the ends dont stay on their own (usually the dowel is large than the ends and I have to hammer them in)

Does it work well after the wood has been painted? For some reason I was thinking it didn't but I haven't done tons of work with it.

 

[Makayna]

What is the maximum width allowed for a fish extender (on the Wonder) without it hanging into the hallway?

 

[sorul82?]

what is the maximum width allowed for a fish extender (on the wonder) without it hanging into the hallway?

8"?

 

[Makayna]

8"?

Bump. Anyone know for sure?

 

[ibouncetoo]

You are OK with 8 1/2 inches....if it is going to have a dowl rod in it.

If you use a soft cloth bag (as opposed to the FE you see on the boards) it could be wider as it would droop from the fish anyway.

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[Petals & Pixie Dust]

For those of you with glue questions...try gorilla glue...That stuff is A-mazing!

 

[7evans]

Here is ours! We have 5 kids, so it was tricky, but I love how it turned out!

My kids had so much fun picking out what they wanted on their pockets! I got all the designs from some very talented people on etsy!
Can't wait to use it!
It was lots of fun to make, but I know why they charge to make them! Whew! I am pretty sure it would have been much cheaper and easier to just buy one ... but where's the fun in that? LOL! Let's just say, I won't be making any more any time soon!

 

[sorul82?]

7evans! How cute!!!

 

[Fairy Princess Mom]

So I have ordered a FE and I understand the concept.

Here's what I don't know how to do, our Cruise isn't until Nov and everyone talks about making homemade things and picking up items when they find them. How do you know how many to make or buy when numbers aren't finalized until a month before? Do you just guess and hope?

Any advise will be so appreciated!!

 

[dbenlee]

So I have ordered a FE and I understand the concept.

Here's what I don't know how to do, our Cruise isn't until Nov and everyone talks about making homemade things and picking up items when they find them. How do you know how many to make or buy when numbers aren't finalized until a month before? Do you just guess and hope?

Any advise will be so appreciated!!

On your cruise thread someone has probably volunteered to organize the FE list. At some point, agreed upon by the members of the cruise thread, it will be decided when to stop accepting new people to the FE list. A lot of time this is a month or 2 before the cruise date. This gives everyone on the FE list time to finalize their FE gifts so they have the correct numbers. Those who start buying early try to guestimate the total numbers needed and possibly get a few extras for any late arrivals. For our upcoming cruise my DW didn't actually start buying or making anything until we had the final list, she spent a lot of time before that deciding what she wanted to do for different age groups and genders.

 

[rescuetink]

So I have ordered a FE and I understand the concept.

Here's what I don't know how to do, our Cruise isn't until Nov and everyone talks about making homemade things and picking up items when they find them. How do you know how many to make or buy when numbers aren't finalized until a month before? Do you just guess and hope?

Any advise will be so appreciated!!

Which cruise are you on in Nov?? We sail on the Double Dip sailing Nov 12 and we have a thread here for our cruise, and setting up a meet and greet as well as FE's!!

 

[moniqueelaine]

Just ordered my FE off Ebay..yay..cannot wait for my cruise NEXT SUMMER ..so far away.....

 

[FortWildernessLoopy]

For those of you who are sewing (or have sewed) your own FE's, have any of you tried making the pockets pleated with elastic at the top of the pocket? I was thinking I'd do this for my FE, but not sure how it would look with an applique on the front of the pocket.

 

[whitfive]

We are not cruising until June 2012 on the Fantasy. Our cruise meet group already had about 23 rooms interested in participating in the FE. We voted to close "group 1" to keep it from getting out of hand. Now the next 23 or so rooms will be in "group 2" and so on. If we already have this many and we are more than a year out, it could get ridiculous!! It depends on how many you have interested and if they want to break into smaller groups.
Just a thought.......
Have fun!
Michelle

 

[AmandaRG]

For those of you who are sewing (or have sewed) your own FE's, have any of you tried making the pockets pleated with elastic at the top of the pocket? I was thinking I'd do this for my FE, but not sure how it would look with an applique on the front of the pocket.

I'm not sure how you would work the elastic, but it could be worth a shot. I'd probably try it on a test piece before it is appliqued. I just cut my fabric to 11" and pleated it in two places to make it expandable.

 

[AmandaRG]

So I have ordered a FE and I understand the concept.

Here's what I don't know how to do, our Cruise isn't until Nov and everyone talks about making homemade things and picking up items when they find them. How do you know how many to make or buy when numbers aren't finalized until a month before? Do you just guess and hope?

Any advise will be so appreciated!!

Not all FE gifts have to be the same. If I find some cute things at a good price, I'll buy 10 or 20 of them and put them away for later. I bought WAY more before our March cruise, so I have some cute things left for future cruises. I also plan on making some items. On our last one, I had a grown-up bag, and different themed bags for boys and girls with age appropriate toys for over 7 and 7 and under.

 

[Totoro]

We are not cruising until June 2012 on the Fantasy. Our cruise meet group already had about 23 rooms interested in participating in the FE. We voted to close "group 1" to keep it from getting out of hand. Now the next 23 or so rooms will be in "group 2" and so on. If we already have this many and we are more than a year out, it could get ridiculous!! It depends on how many you have interested and if they want to break into smaller groups.
Just a thought.......
Have fun!
Michelle

I like this idea. Our FE was about 15 families, which I felt was just the right size. I have heard of larger FE groups of 30 or 40 families and that almost seems too big.

 

[Fairy Princess Mom]

Thanks for the great tips! I'm such the planner and I guess I was just trying to get ahead start.

We are sailing Nov 13 on our DD's 5th birthday!. Too bad we are going to miss you.

I will keep reading and searching for tips and hoping to get everything just right. Thank goodness for these boards!