If you’re looking for ideas for paper crafts that are easy for kids to make, give preschool paper plate clown fish crafts a try this summer.

Materials Needed For Clown Fish Crafts:

• Pencil
• Paintbrush
• Scissors
• Sponge Brush
• Acrylic Paint
• Quick Drying Craft Glue
• 1 Large Googly Eye
• 2 Paper Plates (10″ in diameter)

How to Make Easy Paper Plate Fish Crafts For Kids:

Step 1: Use your pencil to draw your fish fins and tail onto the back of one of your paper plates. You can also download my paper plate clownfish template if you prefer cutting out and tracing pre-made pieces for your paper crafts.

Step 2: Paint your fin & tail pieces as well as the back of your other paper plate.

Step 3: Let your paper plates dry for 30 minutes.

Step 4: Once fully dry, cut out your fin and tail pieces.

Step 5: Position the fins and tail to your fish body and glue them on using your quick-drying craft glue.

Step 6: Paint the details onto the body of your fish and let it dry for 30 minutes.

We painted black and white stripes on our clown fish, but you can decorate your fish any way you want. If you’re working with younger kids, it may be easier to use sponge brushes with different shapes since they’re easier for small hands to grip.

Step 7: Last but not least, glue on the googly eye and cut a slit in the paper plate for the mouth.

We were running low on large sized googly eyes, so my son got creative and borrowed one from an old birthday card! (sorry grandma)

Paper Plate Crafts for Kids – Final Thoughts

Paper plate fish make for a fun summer activity that allows you to teach your kids about marine life while they get hands-on and create. Need another rainy day activity for kids? If so, check out my cardboard animals tutorial I included animal shaped templates you can download for these paper crafts.

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Paper Plate Clownfish

If you're looking for ideas for paper crafts that are easy for kids to make, give preschool paper plate clown fish crafts a try this summer.

Total Time30 minutes mins

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Yield: 1 Paper Plate Fish

Cost: $5

Equipment

• Pair of Scissors
• Paintbrush
• Sponge Brush
• Pencil

Materials

• 2 Paper plates 10" in diameter
• 1 Large googly eye
• Quick drying craft glue orange, black, white
• Craft paint orange, black, and white

Instructions

• Trace the fin and tail pieces onto the back of one paper plate
• Paint your fin & tail pieces and the back of the other paper plate orange
  
• Allow plate to dry for 30 minutes
• Cut out the fin and tail pieces
  
•  Position the fins and tail to your fish body and glue them on
  
• Paint clownfish stripes
• Allow paper plate fish to dry for 30 minutes
• Glue on the googly eye
  
• Cut out a slit for the mouth
  

Notes

paper plate clownfish template

Adapted from Crafts By Amanda

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