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Here’s a fun fish scrape painting art project and craft that encourages creativity and fine motor skills.
Recently my father in law took Riley to a pet store and they came home with 2 goldfish.
We now have a big aquarium set up for them and both of my kids love to look at and feed the fish.
I wanted to come up with a unique fish craft or art project since Riley loves her two little goldfish.
Painting is always a huge hit in our house so we decided to have some fun and try scrape painting or paint smearing.
This technique of paint smearing or scraping (spreading little dabs of paint by scraping or smudging) is very easy and fun for little ones to do.
Fish Painting Art Project
For this Fish Craft, You’ll Need:
- 2 pieces of Poster board
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Aluminum Foil
- Paint (multiple colors)
- Watercolor Paint (optional)
- Old Credit Card, Points Card or Piece of Cardboard
- Tape
- Googly Eyes
- Jewel Stickers (optional)
How to Make Your Fish Art Project
First, I drew 4 different sized fish on one piece of poster board.
Afterwards, Riley and I cut them out.
This is great practice with scissors and helps build hand strength.
Next, we placed one fish on a large piece of aluminum foil.
Riley picked out a couple colors of paint and squeezed small drops onto the fish.
You don’t need much paint, a little goes a long way.
Then she took an old grocery store loyalty card, you can also use a piece of cardboard that has a straight side, and smeared the paint so that it covered the fish.
This was her favorite part of this fish art project.
Once she was happy with how the fish looked, I moved it to another piece of aluminum foil to dry.
Then we repeated those steps for the rest of the fish.
While the fish were drying, we painted the other sheet of poster board with blue and purple watercolors.
We used watercolor so it would dry faster and would have a different texture than the paint on the fish.
Once all the parts of our art project were dry, we added our googly eyes to each fish.
After that, we taped the fish down on the blue poster board.
Tape was easier for us to use for this part of the fish craft than glue.
The last step of this art project was adding a little shimmer to the fish with jewel stickers.
This is great for building those fine motor skills.
Riley is very excited with her fish artwork and it is proudly hanging up in our family room.
Adding Additional Creativity To Your Fish Art Project
You can put additional emphasis on the aquarium and let your little ones shine.
Some examples are rocks, seaweed, bubbles, or even other aquatic animals.
Make your craft even bigger and fill your ocean with a whole school of fish!
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