Paper Plate Fish Craft
A cute and simple paper plate fish craft for kids
Yield: 1
Cost: 3.00
Equipment
- 1 sponge brush
- 1 Scissors
- 1 low temp glue gun with glue sticks or a Tacky glue like Fabri-Tac glue
Materials
- 1 paper plate You can use a regular sized one as I did, or make a mini fish with a dessert sized plate
- amount will vary orange paint for kids
- 1 large googly eye Mine was 1&1/2 inches wide
Instructions
- paint the paper plate and let it dry
- Cut a large triangle out of one section of the painted paper plate
- Use the triangle you just cut out of the plate to make a fishtail on the opposite side of the cutout portion
- Glue it to secure
- Glue the eye above the mouth
- If you want, you can decorate with cupcake wrappers, tissue paper, or cellophane paper to make scales or more fins
Notes
*Always supervise children with any craft or activity on this site
Tips and Tricks
- you can turn this simple paper fish into a tropical paper plate fish craft by adding colorful tissue paper squares, folded cupcake wrappers, decorative fish paper, and sequins
- Another fun idea, if you have a little artist on your hands, is to add polka dots, or stripes with contrasting pain