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Fish Paper Plate Craft

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This easy-to-make fish is a cute craft that’s made from a single paper plate.

Estimated Time: 20 minutes
Supplies Needed:
  • Paper plate
  • Scissors
  • Glue (or tape or a stapler)
  • Crayons, paint or markers
  • Optional – Googly eyes

Instructions

1.

Cut a wedge out of a paper plate. The wedge will be the fish’s tail; the hole will be the fish’s mouth.

Cutting the paper plate.The cut paper plate.
2.

Glue (or use tape or a stapler) the tail to the end of the fish. Then glue a googly eye on the fish (glue on two eyes if you want a flounder) or simply draw eye(s).

The fish paper plate body.
3.

Color in the fish, drawing scales, lips, and so on!

For an extra touch, make a tiny fish (use the same instructions as above, but start with a tiny circle made from construction paper). Hang the tiny fish from the large fish’s mouth using a short piece of thread.

A finished paper plate fish.A finished paper plate fish.
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