We would like to show you a master class of a very simple and beautiful fish that can be made from colored paper. The fish turns out voluminous.
How to make a paper fish
The fish can be of completely different sizes, but they are all made from a rectangle in which one side is twice as long as the other. How to implement this in practice? Very simple. First cut out a square. We bend it in half so that we get 2 rectangles. Cut along the fold line.
Each rectangle will make 1 fish (that is, the square is enough for 2 fish). Fold the rectangle in half along the long side. We cut on one side along the bias, on the other we get roundness.
Let's expand. We make cuts for weaving the ponytail.
We place the strips on top of each other one by one and glue them at the intersection point.
The fish is almost ready.
We draw the eyes of the fish and decorate it at our discretion. Now you can stick these fish on a sheet of blue paper, glue paper algae and we will have a very beautiful aquarium. And if the whole class or kindergarten group gets together and makes a lot of these fish, it will be an excellent and impressive group craft!
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Website “Mom can do anything!” offers to make an interesting fish out of colored paper with the children. Even the smallest kids will be able to participate in the process. You can trust them to glue on the eyes and fins, and children 5-6 years old will be able to cut out the details themselves. Making paper crafts with children is a very exciting process. And the crafts themselves often become interesting interior decor.
Materials:
- colored paper;
- PVA glue;
- pencil;
- scissors;
- thread.
How to make a fish?
To begin, take a sheet of double-sided colored paper and draw a circle. This is easy to do if you circle the glass. Then cut it out. This will be the body of our little fish.
Now let's work on the tail. Take a piece of paper of a different color and cut out a square of about 10*10 cm.
And then cut it in half. 
We carefully fold each half like an accordion. We fold each accordion in half. 
Carefully apply glue to our folded accordions, as shown in the figure, and connect them. 
Our tail is ready. All that remains is to glue it to the fish. Cut out two small circles from dark paper and glue one of them. This will be a small eye. We glue the second one on the other side.
The next step is to make the fins. Take a sheet of paper and cut out a 10 by 10 cm square from it. Fold it in half and cut along the fold.
Fold each strip in half again and cut. As a result, you should end up with 4 squares with sides 5 by 5 cm. Take one of them and fold it diagonally like an accordion. 
Straighten the fin and carefully glue it to the fish. Place the second half in the same way on the other side. Fold another accordion square diagonally. Cut it down the middle again and trim off the ends a little. These will be the lower fins. Carefully glue them to the fish. 
Now let's make the upper fin. Cut out two pieces as shown in the picture below. Fold them like an accordion, straighten them and glue them to the top of the fish with glue. Place a thread between them so that you can hang the fish later. 
Many crafts are available for kindergarten children; they are made using different techniques. This develops children’s imagination well; you can decorate a wall, cabinet or shelf with crafts. Let's look at the easiest ways to make a fish: from paper, plastic caps, CDs, using the origami technique, etc. You can sculpt fish from dough and plasticine.
Application
Fish made from colored paper, paper cupcake tins. Cardboard, multi-colored paper, even colored paper cups for cupcakes or sweets are suitable for work.
Master class on making fish with your own hands:
To get a beautiful aquarium of several fish, you need to take a blue sheet of A4 paper. According to the size of the multi-colored candy wrappers, we cut out small triangles (fish tails) from colored paper that matches the color of our future fish.
First we glue the triangle tail, and a round corrugated wrapper onto it. The fish should swim at different heights, slightly at an angle, but not touching in the aquarium (leaf).
To resemble real fish, you need to glue toy eyes. Using a black felt-tip pen (marker), draw on the eyes and mouth in a semicircle, as shown in the figure.
Air bubbles made from sequins or confetti circles (punch a hole punch from a bright postcard) look very realistic. We glue the circles of bubbles well from each fish upwards.
Our aquarium is ready!
Plasticine fish
Children love to sculpt from plasticine; you can choose any fish.
Prepare for work:
- plasticine 1 color;
- small scissors with rounded ends;
- plastic knife;
- clear nail polish.
You can even take 1 color of plasticine, for example, orange. To get a goldfish, you need to add a little acrylic paint to the plasticine.
Stages of work:
Take a piece of plasticine, roll it into a “sausage”, cut off 1/3 with a plastic knife. Divide the smaller piece into 2 equal parts. They will go on the fins of the fish, and the big one will go on the body. We take a small piece of plasticine, first we need to roll it into a “droplet”, then flatten it with the side of a knife.
Using scissors, cut out a beautiful curved tail of the fish, as shown in the picture. To decorate, use a knife to draw long diverging lines along the tail. From the 2nd piece you need to make fins: 1 large and 2 very small. We repeat the technique as on the ponytail.
We return to the large piece of plasticine and roll it into a round ball. Then we draw scales on it with a knife - small semicircles in a checkerboard pattern, as in the picture.
Now you need to attach the large vertical rear fin to the base (ball), then the upper one and 2 small fins at the bottom on the sides. For the eyes, roll 2 small balls of each color: white ones are larger than the others, slightly smaller green ones (blue), even smaller black ones.
Then flatten the white balls and attach them to our fish from the center to the left, the other to the right. The eyes should be large and touching in the center.
On top of the white circles we attach flattened green circles from the center to the sides. Then flattened black circles on top. The result was voluminous eyes made of 3 colors. On the sides of the black circles we sculpt 2 small white circles on each side, as shown in the figure. Below the peephole we make a semicircle - a smile.
You can completely paint your eyes with clear nail polish (nail or acrylic). They will shine beautifully and become more durable. Leave the craft for 15-20 minutes, the varnish should dry.
Later, you can place the “golden” fish among beads, colored plastic balls and algae in a symbolic aquarium in a container or on a flat surface.
The plasticine craft can be taken into the water to play, it is durable and will retain its original appearance.
Origami fish
The ancient art of origami from China has spread throughout the world. Translated from Japanese as “folded paper.” Let's look at the simplest method.
We will need:
- two-color (colored) paper 2 sheets of A4 in different colors (for example, orange and pale pink);
- a simple pencil;
- ruler.
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a fish craft:
It is better to take two-color paper specifically for origami or colored paper on both sides. We cut out a square 20 x 20 cm. The square must be bent diagonally to form a triangle with a right angle of 90 degrees.
Turn the wide base up. We divide the sides approximately in half and bend the corners into the center, creating a rhombus. At the top, you need to bend the corners up, connecting them into a small triangle, as shown in the diagram. The resulting corners at the top of the rhombus must be bent at an angle of 20 degrees. So the ends of the bent corners protrude slightly beyond the boundaries of our workpiece.
Bottom of the diamond. We divide the lower triangle into 2 equal halves by eye and mark it horizontally with a pencil. From another paper, cut out the 2nd square and apply it to the bottom corner, as in the diagram.
Now the bottom part is made of 2 sheets. You need to bend the upper corner of 1 sheet along the diagonal of the common rhombus. This way the bottom of the diamond will overlap the top. The remaining half of the upper part must be folded to the central common line. In a rhombus, the lower part must be folded back.
At the bottom of the diamond there is a “pocket”. If you press down on the craft a little, the pocket unfolds. Now we turn it 90 degrees and bend it so as to move the fold lines, again getting a rhombus, as in the diagram.
In the rhombus, we divide the left half into 4 identical parts, bend 1 of them, then unbend it and return the pocket to its original position, as it was in step 10 (see diagram). Then you need to bend the back part to get a square, and 2 corners will look out from behind.
Next, you need to cut the square to the fold that was obtained in the previous paragraph. Now we need to return to step 11, ¼ of the part must be bent inward. Now the back part can be slowly pulled out to form the tail of a fish. Now all that remains is to decorate our product. We glue an eye on a two-color fish, it turns out very realistic.
Now you know different techniques on how to make a fish from paper, plasticine, origami. If you use a little imagination, make colored fish of different sizes, they will be different and create a school in an aquarium or on cardboard.
Don't be afraid to experiment, get creative! We offer original photos of fish crafts.
Photos of fish crafts
An interesting craft that middle-aged children can make is an origami paper fish. Thanks to the upper part cut into strips, the fish can wriggle in all directions, like a living one.
Materials for work:
- Colored paper of any shades;
- A little white paper for the eyes;
- Scissors, glue, black felt-tip pen, pencil.
How to make an origami fish out of paper
To work you will need a sheet of paper in a square shape. To do this, fold a standard A4 sheet from the short side to the long side. Cut off the remaining unused strip.
Unfold the paper, which is now in a square shape. But a fish from a square of this size will turn out to be quite large; if you need a smaller one, you can use a ruler or a triangle.
Fold the sides along the fold line so that the top corners of the paper meet on it. Press the side folds well.
Open the paper and fold it in half, but this time corner to corner. The result is a triangle with folds clearly visible on it, which will be a kind of indicator of where and how many cuts need to be made.
Without changing the position of the paper, cut it from the folded side into small strips. But you need to cut to the fold line and to the very corner. This way you will have cuts on two pieces of paper at once.
Open the paper and overlap the outer, uncut triangles of the sides.
You will get a complete tummy and a cut back.
Cut off the resulting sharp tip, making the fish's face flatter, which it is, at least on most fish.
Cut out circles for the eyes from white paper. They can be quite bug-eyed. Cut out fins and a tail from colored paper. It is better to make these details of the fish in a different color for brightness, but they may well be the same as the whole craft.
Use a black felt-tip pen to draw pupils on the eyes, stripes on the fins and tail.
Glue all the parts, add eyelashes to the fish. But the work is not finished yet; there is a missing detail on the lower part of the fish’s head.
To do this, cut out a slightly elongated semi-oval.
You can put a fish on a piece of paper and draw a semicircle of the required length and width with a pencil, guided by the size of the fish. If necessary, cut off any exposed corners.
Glue the part, the jaw, probably, to the bottom of the head, you will get an open mouth for the fish.
That's it, the paper origami fish is ready. An interesting craft and a fun, moving toy for children. After all, something made with your own hands is often much more interesting than something purchased.
