This paper plate fishbowl craft is amazingly fun and easy to make. Making a paper plate fishbowl craft is great for kids of all ages. Toddlers, preschoolers, even elementary aged kids can make a fish bowl from a paper plate at home or in the classroom!
How To Make A Paper Plate Fish Bowl
This simple paper plate fish bowl craft requires minimal supplies and just a bit of imagination, kids will have a great time creating vibrant paper plate fish bowls with crayons and watercolors. This is great fine motor skills practice and a greater way to learn about the water and ocean.
We love the versatility of crafting with paper plates! They are inexpensive and can become just about anything a child dreams. My son recently turned an ordinary paper plate into a colorful paper plate fish bowl using watercolor resist and crayons. It’s a cute craft that is perfect for kids of any age!
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Supplies Needed To Make Paper Plate Fish Bowl Craft
Instructions To Make A Paper Plate Fish Bowl Craft
Step 1
After gathering supplies, invite your child to draw an underwater fishbowl scene on the paper plate. My child drew a fish, pebbles, plants, and what appears to be a floating donut!
Step 2
Invite your child to cut a small curve from their paper plate to give it the look of a fishbowl. Older children may be able to do this independently, whereas younger children may need a line to trace.
Step 3
Next, invite your child to cover their plate with blue watercolor paint. The watercolor paint will absorb into the paper plate, but bead off the crayon. This is called watercolor resist.
Step 4
My son painted the small curve he cut from the top of the fishbowl gray. He straightened out one of the curved edges, then taped it to the back of the fishbowl as a base.
Perfect for preschool, you may wish to pair this paper plate fishbowl craft with some of these fun activities for kids!
Practice fine motor schools, explore art mediums, animals, and water ecosystems with this craft.
Step by Step Pictures of Fish Bowl Craft from Paper Plate
What I THink We’ll Do Next Time We Make Paper Plate Fish Bowls
- This paper plate fish bowl craft is so much fun to make. Next time though, I think I may get some extra items for my kids to make it a little more 3D.
- I think using some tissue paper or crinkle paper for the seaweed would be fun. Maybe some fish stickers. Also, gluing sand or pebbles to the bottom I think would be a fun touch.
- Just a different variation of this craft that I think would be fun. I tried it with paper to see how it would work, and I think it turned out great.
Materials
- white paper plates
- watercolor paints and brush
- crayons
- scissors
- tape
Instructions
- After gathering supplies, invite your child to draw an underwater fishbowl scene on the paper plate. My child drew a fish, pebbles, plants, and what appears to be a floating donut!
- Invite your child to cut a small curve from their paper plate to give it the look of a fishbowl. Older children may be able to do this independently, whereas younger children may need a line to trace.
- Next, invite your child to cover their plate with blue watercolor paint. The watercolor paint will absorb into the paper plate, but bead off the crayon. This is called watercolor resist.
- My son painted the small curve he cut from the top of the fishbowl gray. He straightened out one of the curved edges, then taped it to the back of the fishbowl as a base.
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How did your paper plate fish bowl craft turn out? Let us know in the comments, we’d love to hear from you.