Today, I will show you how to make a very simple, but fun fish made out of a paper plate! I know my nephew loves Nemo, so this would be a great one for a toddler's Finding Dory party, as well.
The materials you will need is a paper plate, which you can find just about anywhere, some medium such as markers, or crayons for kids, but I used acrylic paint, scissors, glue, a pencil, and any accessories you'd like to add, such as glitter, etc.
To start, draw out your design on the paper plate. First draw a triangle where the mouth will be, so when you cut it out, it will be an open mouth. Also, you will use that cut out piece and glue it to the back of the fish as its caudal fin, or the tail. Where the edges come up around the plate, that will be where your dorsal fin (the one on top), the pelvic fin and the anal fin (the two fins on the underside of the fish) are, so trace that part around that area (but still connected to the body). Once you like the shape, cut it out, and glue the triangle piece to the tail. Also, cut out a fin out of the scraps of paper plate, to glue to the side, as the pectoral fin. If you want to do it scientifically, it needs all five fins, but feel free to ditch the ones you don't find necessary. This was for another science project, but I doubt your baby will want to glue the organs to the other side ;)
Now once you have your fish all cut out, color or paint it in whatever way you want. Don't forget to color the fins that are not attached yet as well. Once you have fully decorated it, now glue the extra fins on. For the tail, put a tiny bit of glue at the end that comes to a point and stick it to the back of the fish. For the side fin, only glue a line at one end and stick it on, so that you can lift it, and it has extra realization.
Now when everything's connected and colored, now it the time to decorate! I decided to make my fish a princess fish, so I glued glitter to the dorsal fin (the one on top) so it looks like a crown, then I decorated the other fins, the eye, and mouth with silver glittery washi tape (which is just decorative scotch tape that you can find in a variety of colors at Target).
That is all! It is as easy as that, perfect for your little tyke, or even your child at heart! Who knew that this would be a craft we still do in middle school! To see the other craft I made for my science class, click below
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