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For Age Group 3 - 5, we made paper plate Fish. The kids will need to decorate the fish as well...
For this craft, you will need:
2 colored plates of your choice
A pair of scissors
Glue Stick and/or Tape
Decorative items of your choice - can be stickers or cut from colored paper (in our case, you cut the hat, bow tie & flower from colored paper
Black paper for the eyes
Instruction:
1) Cut the mouth according to you choice of size, in pie shape.
2) Stick the cut pie shape to the back of plate, in opposite direction. Pointy end facing inside. You may use glye or tape to stitck the piece. This will be the tail of the fish.
3) cut the eyes using Balck Paper. Size: approximately 4cm each. You will only need 1 on each plate. Stick the eye on top.
4) Decorate the fish as per your liking...:)
And, you are done!
For Age Group 6-8, we made Woven Paper Fish Hanging Mobile...
For this craft, you will need:
6 different colored papers, all cut, with 20cm length & 2.5cm width.
A pair of scissors
Glue stick
Thread to tie the fish
1 piece of pipe cleaner or Chenille stem
Hole Puncher
Googly eyes (optional)
Instruction:
1) With the cut colored paper, take 2 at a time (preferably constrasting colors), fold half & interlock them until you get the L shape.
2) Take the next Strip of paper by weaving it under the upped half of the folded strip & around the lower half of the folded strip. You should line the strip in the same color manner.
3) Take the 3rd strip & weave the same way as the 1st. By now, you should be able to see the beginning of a checkerboard pattern.
4) Next, take the other color & weave.
5) Weave the next strip as the 1st strip.
6) Pull all strips tightly together. Since they are interlock, they should hold together tightly. Check both side to make sure you have a checkerboard pattern on both side.
7) With a glue stick, stick the remaining edges together.
8) Cut off the 2 middle strips flush to the edge of the checkboard.
9) Make diagonal cuts on all 4 remaining strips to make the fins & tail.
10) If you want, you can stick a pair of googly eyes on the fish.
11) With the hole puncher, punch a hole at the small square nearest to the top fin.
12) Tie the fish with thread.
13) Repeat step 1-12 to make another 2 fishes of different colors.
14) Hold 1 Pipe Cleaner/Chenille stem horizontally. Make a hook at each end using finger to make a small circle. Tie the other end of the thread thru the circle. Repeat with the other end of the pipe cleaner.
15) For the middle part, twist the pipe cleaner around your finger twice to make an 8 symbol (make sure the pipe cleaner is horizontal). Tie the remaining fish to the bottom circle. With another thread, tie the top circle. This is where you will hang the hanging mobile.
And, your woven paper fish hanging mobile is DONE!
And, for Age Group 9-12, we made 3D Origami Angel Fish...
For this craft, you will need:
2 contrasting colored papers of your choice. 1 main color & 1 secondary color
Red color paper for mouth
1 color for the base as a stand
If you need to cut the pieces from A4 paper, then the measurement is 3cm by 6cm. Or 2.5cm by 5cm. The bigger the pieces, the bigger your creation will be.
Here's what you need to fold:
Red color - 1 piece
Main color - 31 pieces
Secondary color - 14 pieces
Base color - 15 pieces
Here's a step-by-stepdiagram to show you how to fold the origami pieces. Photo source: origami.about.com
Once all e pieces is folded, we are ready to begin!
Start from the Red piece, add 1 main color piece to each of the pockets on each row like this:
As for the base, the diagram is like this:
Yea, I need to improve on my drawing...LOL
Happy Crafting!
