Today’s craft is inspired by the book Rainbow Fish. It’s an award-winning book about a beautiful fish who finds friendship and happiness when he learns to share. It’s such a great story for any age. The colors in the book are vibrant & beautiful – just like tropical fish in real life.
After reading the story to my son, I decided we needed to make a craft to go along with the story. That is how our Tropical Paper Plate Fish craft was born. It’s really simple to create & will look great on a fridge – just saying!
Here is what you need to make your own paper plate fish today:
* Large Paper Plate {one per craft}
* Colored Tissue Paper
* White School Glue
* Craft Scissors
* Large Wiggle Eyes
Paper plates are the foundation of this craft. However if you don’t have one handy, drawing/cutting a circle out of cardstock will work too.
And I’ve mentioned it before on the blog, but I save all the tissue paper that we receive from gifts/store purchases. It comes in handy for crafts – especially for ones like this. Not to mention, it saves me a few dollars, while recycling at the same time.
To make your fish, first cut a wedge/triangle out of your plate. {any size will work} The triangle you cut out will be the tail of the fish, while the hole in the plate will be the mouth. It will kinda look like Pac-Man.
Now glue or staple your cut out triangle to the plate, to give it the look of a fish tail.
Cut or tear your tissue paper into squares. {The more colors you have – the more vibrant your fish will be!}
Cover the entire paper plate fish with school glue and hand over to your child. Ask them to place the tissue paper all over the fish. As they are adding the tissue paper, you can add more glue.
Once the fish is completely covered – glue on the wiggle eye to give it some life.
And that’s it! You now have your own vibrant colored Paper Plate Tropical Fish to display.
If you want to hang them, punch a hole on the top & string some yarn through the hole OR just hang on the fridge to display.
For more customization of your fish, you can change out the tissue paper for different colored paint or watercolors. You can also add various colored paper punches, confetti or stickers for a one of kind look. As long as you have the fish cut out & some imagination – you are good to go!
We also have our Tissue Paper Black Cat – Kid Craft and Paper Plate Lorax – Kid Craft posts that are great to craft up with paper plates and tissue paper! #gluedtomycrafts
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