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    Paper Plate Fish Craft For Kid

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    Make a colorful fish with your kids using just a paper plate! This an easy and fun craft project for a rainy day or summer afternoon.

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    This colorful paper plate fish craft is a great craft for both young children and older kids to turn into a beautiful fish.

    Ahoy, all parents and teachers! If your kids love sea creatures, I have the perfect craft for you today! We’re going to make paper plate fish!

    Kids of all ages love animals, whether they are land animals or sea animals. And if you want to see your kids scream with excitement and let out their inner creativity, indulging them in fun paper plate crafts is an amazing idea! Today I will teach you how to make an easy peasy lemon squeezy paper plate fish craft.

    It’s an easy craft, it’s fun, and with only a few supplies, you can turn a few picnic supplies into your own colorful fish!

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    Paper Plate Crafts

    I love arts and crafts, and I keep coming up with new and innovative kid crafts ideas. I’ve made plenty of popsicle stick crafts; this time, I decided to try out a fun activity using paper plates.

    Being a mom of two, I have plenty of paper plates, disposable spoons, and cups available at my home. So, why not use a couple of them to create something so much fun and memorable with the kids?

    The good thing about paper plates is that they are thicker than regular paper; therefore, they make for a sturdy base for any craft. Whether it's a simple craft or complex, whatever they make is sure to be a great time!

    Check out these other Paper Plate Ocean Animals!

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    Fish Crafts For Kids

    Fish crafts for kids are a great way to encourage creativity and imagination while also teaching them about marine life. These crafts can range from simple to complex and can be made using a variety of materials, from paper plates to plastic spoons and construction paper.

    For older children, more complex fish crafts can be made using materials such as clay, beads, or even recycled materials like bottle caps. These crafts can help children develop their fine motor skills, as well as their problem-solving abilities as they figure out how to assemble the different pieces.

    Overall, fish crafts for kids, like our How to Draw a Fish are a great way to promote creativity, imagination, and learning. Whether you're making a simple paper plate fish or a more complex recycled material fish, these crafts are sure to be a hit with children of all ages.

    Don't miss our Under the Sea Coloring Page and Ocean Craft either!

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    Supplies for Paper Plate Fish Craft

    • Plain White Plates
    • Acrylic Paint (black & orange)
    • Paintbrush
    • Hot Glue Gun
    • Hot Glue Stick
    • White Plastic Spoons
    • Black Marker
    • Scissors
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    How to Make Fun Paper Plate Fish Craft?

    Step 1 paper plate fish craft

    The first step is to draw the body of the fish onto the front of the paper plate. Draw stripes on the fish. The face and then six stripes.

    step 2 cut out fish shape out of paper plate

    Cut out fish body.

    step 3 paint paper plate fish with striped paint

    Next, paint the fish. We are making a clown fish, so our stripes are orange and white with the face orange. If you're making a tropical fish or rainbow fish craft, then I recommend using all different colors for the paint colors of your stripes.

    Step 5 Paint black lines in between stripes

    For our clown fish, then paint a thin black line between each change of the color stripes.

    step 5 cut out scoop off disposable spoons

    The next step is to cut the scoop off the plastic spoons. Depending on the size of the paper plate you may need more or less than the 12 spoons we used.

    step 6 hot glue spoons to painted fish along black line

    Hot glue the spoons starting right off the face with rounded edges pointed towards the back of the fish.

    step 7 paint over spoons with same cols from underneith

    Paint over the spoons once they are dry. Continue to glue and paint till you get to the fishtail.

    Step 8 hot glue googly eye to fish face

    Next is to add the eye of the fish. We used a googly eye, and glue it to the fish's face.

    Fish's Fins

    step 9 draw on another paper plate three sizes of triangle trapezoids

    The next step is to draw a triangle shape onto your paper plate with the base of the triangle on the outer side of the plate. Draw three different sizes. If the kids are a bit older and understand a trapezoid shape, they can draw those. The key is that one of the pieces is larger than the other two and will be the tail.

    step 10 cut out three trapezoid shapes

    Cut the pieces out.

    step 11 paint three trapezoid shapes with orange middle and black along edges

    These pieces need to be painted. Paint most of the pieces orange and then a touch of black on the edges.

    Step 12 glue three trapezoids to back of fish

    After the paint has dried, glue each of the fins to the back of the paper plate. The larger triangle is the tail. One of the small fins is the top fin (back fin) and the other is the bottom fin.

    step 13 draw on smile with black marker

    Lastly, using a black marker or black paint, draw on the fish's mouth.

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    Viola, you now have a cute paper plate fish craft!

    You can hang it from the ceiling to give an ocean-themed effect to your kids’ room, or you could use it as a wall hanging. You can even use bigger paper plates to make sharks, dolphins, turtles, or any other sea creature, as you now have the basic idea of how to go about this craft.

    If you and your kids enjoyed making this fun fish craft, I have a number of other paper crafts ideas and popsicle sticks crafts ideas up on my website. Feel free to browse through them, print them, and grasp the ideas to make fun crafts with your kids.

    We highlighted this Animal Craft along with some other fun kid's crafts in our Summer Crafts along with our 101+ Easy Kids Craft Ideas for kids.

    You also do not want to miss our 101+ Printable Coloring Pages For Kids and 101+ Printables For Kids full of Crafts and Coloring Pages.

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    A paper plate fish painted orange, black, and white to resemble a clownfish, featuring a googly eye and surrounded by colorful pom-poms on a pink background.
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    Paper Plate Fish

    Make a colorful fish with your kids using just a paper plate! This an easy and fun craft project for a rainy day or summer afternoon.
    Course Kids Crafts
    Cook Time 45 minutes minutes
    Total Time 45 minutes minutes
    Author Alli Ward

    Equipment

    • Paintbrush
    • Hot Glue Gun
    • Hot Glue Stick
    • Scissors

    Ingredients

    • 2 - Plain White Plates
    • Acrylic Paint black & orange
    • White Plastic Spoons
    • Black Marker

    Instructions

    • The first step is to draw the body of the fish onto the front of the paper plate. Draw stripes on the fish. The face and then six stripes.
      Step 1 paper plate fish craft
    • Cut out fish body.
      step 2 cut out fish shape out of paper plate
    • Next, paint the fish. We are making a clown fish, so our stripes are orange and white with the face orange. If you're making a tropical fish or rainbow fish craft, then I recommend using all different colors for the paint colors of your stripes.
      step 3 paint paper plate fish with striped paint
    • For our clown fish, then paint a thin black line between each change of the color stripes.
      Step 5 Paint black lines in between stripes
    • The next step is to cut the scoop off the plastic spoons. Depending on the size of the paper plate you may need more or less than the 12 spoons we used.
      step 5 cut out scoop off disposable spoons
    • Hot glue the spoons starting right off the face with rounded edges pointed towards the back of the fish.
      step 6 hot glue spoons to painted fish along black line
    • Paint over the spoons once they are dry. Continue to glue and paint till you get to the fishtail.
      step 7 paint over spoons with same cols from underneith
    • Next is to add the eye of the fish. We used a googly eye, and glue it to the fish's face.
      Step 8 hot glue googly eye to fish face
    • The next step is to draw three different size triangle shapes onto your paper plate with the base of the triangle on the outer side of the plate. If the kids are a bit older and understand a trapezoid shape, they can draw those. The key is that one of the pieces is larger than the other two and will be the tail.
      step 9 draw on another paper plate three sizes of triangle trapezoids
    • Cut the pieces out.
      step 10 cut out three trapezoid shapes
    • These pieces need to be painted. Paint most of the pieces orange and then a touch of black on the edges.
      step 11 paint three trapezoid shapes with orange middle and black along edges
    • After the paint has dried, glue each of the fins to the back of the paper plate.
      Step 12 glue three trapezoids to back of fish
    • Lastly, using a black marker or black paint, draw on the fish's mouth.

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