Looking for a fun art project for your kids? These adorable rainbow fish puppets are easy to make for even the youngest craft enthusiasts!
Today we are welcoming Edie from Life in Grace, who is sharing a fun and easy way to make adorable Rainbow Fish Puppets.
Hi y’all, this is Edie from Life in Grace and I am so happy to be back with you to share a little summer fun!
We started off summer with a bang this year when Ruth and her family spent Memorial Day weekend with us. I think I successfully made a country girl out of her—I took her to the mountains, we waded in the creek, we fished in the pond, we tubed on the lake, and I even cooked biscuits and gravy for breakfast! We had a blast together and I tried every way in the world to get those cutie little girls to stay here with me, but they seemed to be pretty attached to their awesome parents.
One morning before we headed out on the boat, we gathered the girls around for a fun and easy watercolor craft. I love watercolors all year round but something about summer makes them even more fun. You’ll probably have everything you need on hand but if you don’t have thick card stock or watercolor paper, it will be worth it to pick some up. I love using it in the summer for lots of easy art projects. Staying home with kids in the summer can be challenging but I’ve found ways to enjoy it as I try to remember how fast time flies!
Step 1: Draw a fish, filling up most of your paper to draw it. (You can use my template, but trust me, I’m no artist!)
Step 2: Draw in the eye and lips and then lightly draw a semi-circle separating the face from the rest of the fish.
Step 3: Paint the fish with watercolors in water pattern you like. Use all the colors of the rainbow!
Step 4: After your fish is painted and dried, outline a scale pattern using the glue.
Step 5: Add copious amounts of glitter to your rainbow fish so that he’s nice and shiny!
Step 6: Dust off the excess glitter, cut him out, and add a clothes pin to make a puppet out of him... (We originally tried cutting the fins separately and stapling them on so that the fins would have more movement. It wasn’t worth the extra step!)
Step 7: Set up an effortless puppet stage by throwing a blanket over two chairs. Let your kids have a blast by putting on their own show!
You could make several different sizes and have a whole school of fish! Most importantly, make memories with your kiddos this summer because the years slip by so fast.
What are your favorite no-effort art supplies?
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My daughter loves chalk and stickers. I love to give her construction paper and a set of stickers. I love to see where her imagination takes her with her design and the stories that go with them.
Looks like fun! My boys love to paint!
Beautiful artwork! The best part of the day is being with friends!
I'm a grandmother (Nena) who will be keeping my 1o yr old and 2-6 yr old grandchildren this summer for the 1st time. I've worked with children in the past in VBS so I have some ideas of things to do but was given your site to help me with newer and fresher ideas as times have changed. Love the Rainbow Fish Puppet idea (don't have all of those supplies yet) and I'm sure my grands will enjoy this project. I've had some good times working with construction paper, glue, string, glitter and BUTTONS. The girls love working with BUTTONS. Any ideas you have for working with buttons I would love to try with my grands. Looking forward to our fun time with the Rainbow Fish Puppets. Thank you for all of your wonderful ideas.
My 4 year old girl is crazy about paint and colors in general. We know the Rainbow Fish too, borrowed it from the library in the past. My 10 year old boy would love making the puppet, he is a very creative soul and almost anything makes him happy : wool, wood, paper, cisors, you name it!
we always have colored crayons and pencils with us
Sidewalk chalk, crayons & paper.
We are really big on sidewalk chalk in the summer time. It's great not only because we are outside enjoying the weather, but because the neighbor kids all eventually join in for one big color party!
I loved this story when I was growing up!