Potato Print Fish Craft
My oldest son loves watching the television show Tanked. It is a show about designing custom fish tanks. One reason he loves it is looking at all of the different sea life they put in the tanks. Most common of course are fish. One day I got to thinking it would be fun to do a fish craft with all 3 of my kids since they all like fish. The Potato Print Fish Craft idea came to mind. We love potato print crafts which you can see here: Scarecrow Potato Print Craft, Potato Print Owl Craft, Potato Print Spider Craft, Potato Print Witch Craft, and Potato Print Polar Bears. So today we are adding a new potato print craft to the collection. We had fun crafting and look forward to more projects soon.
Potato Print Fish Craft
Supplies/what we used:
watercolors
white cardstock paper
finger paints in different colors
paper plate
paint brush
sharpie markers
potato
How to make a Potato Print Fish Craft with the kids:
First I got out all the supplies we needed for the project. Next the kids used blue watercolors to paint the water on the cardstock paper. I loved how the watercolors gave the craft a watery feel. We left the paintings to dry.
Once the watercolors dried I cut a potato in half. I let the kids pick their paint color for their fish. I put the paint color on a paper plate and then they dipped the potato in it. They pressed the potato down on the paper. We used a paint brush to add a triangular tail on the fish. Some also added fins with the paint brush. We left the prints to dry again.
My kids are 3yr, 5yr, and 7yr. I helped my 3yr with his project, I helped my 5yr a little less with his, and my 7yr did his project completely on his own. I even got to do my own this time. Sometimes when we are crafting I like to join in too. After all I am a big kid at heart.
Can you guess which is who’s? From top mine, my 3yr, my 5yr, and then my 7yr.
Now that our prints had dried we came back to add finishing touches. We used more paint and the sharpie markers for this. We added eyes, lips, decorations like strips and or more fins, bubbles, and sea plants.
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Jaime
Hi! I am Jaime, mama to three high energy boys. With three boys, life never slows down, but I wouldn't have it any other way! We love creating, learning, and crafting together and we can turn anything into an adventure.