Make some creative fun of your own with this colorful paint splat fishing pond craft! Let your little ones enjoy hours of imaginative play while they bring their favorite fish to life and make magical memories.
Paper & Paint Splatter Fishing Pond Craft
Today’s fishing pond craft idea uses a popsicle stick for the fishing rod, Tulip puffy paint to make a unique body of water on paper and it’s even easier to make with a free fish template included below!
No TWO FISHING POND PIECES will be alike with this our creative technique that we absolutely love sharing on Glued To My Crafts. And I can say with pride – you will be HOOKED on this first seen here idea from us!
It’s so simple to recreate and with it being perfect to make during the summer season we are heading into, this very blog post is one to beat those boredom blues when you may be stuck indoors, with nothing to do {because why not get out the craft supplies to kick cabin fever to the curb?!}
So enough chit chat from me! Let’s grab those craft supplies listed below {along with the free FISH printable} and make some one-of-a-kind “fishing pond crafts” together. Don’t forget to use our hashtag #gluedtomycrafts on Instagram to show off those awesome fish craft creations!
Happy crafting, my friends! I can’t seriously can’t wait to see your craft paint and popsicle stick fishing pole creations!
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Don’t be afraid to be a little messy- sometimes the best things in life are made by hand!
Craft Supplies:
- Free Fish Outline Printable
- White Cardstock Paper
- Crayons, Coloring Pencils, Markers etc.
- Paper Scissors
- Blue Cardstock Paper
- Dark Blue Tulip Puffy Paint
- Light Blue Tulip Puffy Paint
- Craft Yarn or Twine
- Jumbo Popsicle Stick
- School Glue
Directions:
- First print the free fish printable listed above.
- Next go ahead and color in ONE of the fish designs in the printable, however you like.
- When done coloring your fish, cut it out and set it aside.
- Now grab your blue cardstock paper.
- Fold it in half {either direction works!}
- Now unfold and squirt some light blue & dark blue fabric paint on one side of the paper. Just a few squiggles will do. Just be sure to keep the paint inside the paper and not to close to the open edge. Also, less is more!
- Once the paint is down, go ahead and carefully fold up/squish your piece of paper together again.
- Rub your hand all over the folded piece, so the paint will make a symmetrical splat inside.
- Now carefully unfold your piece to reveal your “fishing pond” design.
- If desired, sprinkle some loose craft glitter on top of the wet puffy paint design.
- Next up – cut off a small piece of craft yarn {maybe 5-7 inches long} and add some school glue to the two ends, so it will stick to the paint splat design.
- Go ahead and lay it down on your paper. Add more glue to it if need be.
- Now place some glue on the back of your jumbo popsicle stick and laying it down on one end of the craft yarn you just glued down.
- To finish the Fishing Hole craft – glue the fish in place, on the other end of the craft yarn. It should now look like the fish is “hooked” on a fishing rod.
- When you are done crafting, set aside to let it dry completely before displaying proudly.
- Repeat the steps above TWO more times with the remaining fish in the printable! Have fun!
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Do you love our Paint Splat Fishing kids craft idea? We also have our pant splat Ice Cream Cones, Easter Sunrise and City Skyline craft posts for you to check out as well.
Clearly we love this creative painting technique and we want YOU to be hooked on it as well – wink wink!
Paint Splat Fishing Pond Craft
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