How to make a fish out of paper. Step-by-step instructions + 500 photos

 

The content of the article:

1. Colored paper fish
2. Moving paper fish
3. Paper Strip Fish
4. Volumetric paper fish
5. Flying paper fish
6. Accordion paper fish
7. Craft a hungry fish
8. Clothespin fish
9. Paper bag fish
10. Craft fish from cardboard bushes from toilet paper
11. Disposable Fish
12. Aquariums with paper fish

Paper fish for children

Looking for an idea for a simple paper craft that you can make with your kids this summer? You're lucky! This beautiful paper fish amazingly simple to do. With the help of simple folds, the fish can stand, which gives it a stunning two-dimensional appearance. Necessary materials: thick paper, stapler, scissors, paillette and plastic eyes. To make fish out of paper do it yourselfcut a sheet of colored paper in half. Cut a triangle from the end of one of the pieces and set aside for now.

Fold another strip of paper so that its ends touch each other, but do not fold. Cut a triangular shape from the folded side of the paper. You'll get diamond shape. Cut in half to it turned out two separate triangles. Draw fins with felt-tip pens. Fold the large rectangle back in half and fasten with paper clips.

Glue plastic eyes. Then glue two small triangular fins On the sides. Bend the fins slightly outside to get a two-dimensional view.
Apply glue to the lower half and sprinkle with sparkles. Turn the paper fish over and do it the other way. Let the glue dry.

Our paper fish is ready, you can let go of free swimming.

Here is the same step by step example.

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Paper fish for children under 5 years old

This bright craft is great for decorating a room. Time: 30 - 40 minutes. Age: up to 5 years. Level: easy. Color the paper in any color your baby likes. If the paint is thick, you can add sparkles. When the paint dries, draw a fish shape and cut it out. Then cut strips, triangles or arbitrary shapes from scraps of paper and do not forget the circles for the eyes. Or can use for decoration ordinary scraps of paperlet the child stick them on the fish. Trim excess waste. Cut strips of tissue paper for the tail and help the child stick. You can punch a hole in the top and hang paper fish in a conspicuous place, with such chic tails they look great. If you want to create a marine theme for a party or as a bedroom decoration, this is a great idea.

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How to make a fish out of paper with your own hands

See how to make a cute craft bulk paper fish. All you need is colored paper, glue and scissors. You can use patternwhich can be downloaded on the site. It has two different shapes of fish fins, but you can experiment and see what other shapes and fins you can think of. Cut 8-10 color circles - in this case, blue (use a template for size). Fold the circles in half. Add glue to one half of the circle and lay the second on top.

Make another set of halves glued together (4-5 circles). Cut the long piece. Make a knot one end.Cut the tail, fins, eyes and mouth. Take your first set of 4 discs. Open one of the disks - with your spine "up" and put it on the table. So you should have a circle with everyone folded sectionsshown in the middle. It is time for glue. Apply a lot of glue to the spine as well as one side. Fasten the twine to the center of the spine. Add more glue.

Then take the second set of 4 discs. Open one valve again, with your spine up. Open all disk shapes and align.

Volumetric paper fish finished.

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Moving paper fish

See how to do movable paper fish! This model is simply the best! Making such a fish out of paper is very simple. If you like bright crafts, you can use paper of any color - red, yellow. And how fun it bends, the children will surely like it. The main thing is that there is no complicated technique, we bend, cut, and glue it.

How easy it is to take a look in the master class on step by step photos.

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Craft fish for children

All you need for this project is paper, scissors and glue stick. Light cuts make the fish flexible as if it were swimming. Now, how to make paper fish do it yourself.

1. Take a standard sheet of paper and cut flat square.
2. Putting the two corners in the center, and then straighten again.
3. Then grab the upper right corner and align with the lower left corner.
4. Cut out the slots on the right side of the folded sheet of paper. Then expand the sheet.
5. Draw a glue stick along the entire right side of the paper.
6. Fold the right side of the paper above the left, creating something that looks like a tall hat.
7. Turn the hat over so that the slots are on top.
8. Glue the inside of the eyes to the center.

Glue your eyes, fins and tail and tongue and your moving fish is ready.

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DIY paper fish for kids

This cute little paper project is perfect for working with children. If you will help the child, making paper fish takes about half an hour. This is an easy craft. In short. Cut the paper to make a square. Do 8 mm cutsstarting at the end at a distance of approximately 3 cm. Continue cutting until you reach 3 cm from the other edge. In the picture, the finger indicates Where to stay. Open the sheet and fix the adhesive tape or glue to one side. Cut a dot on top and round to make a head. Cut out your mouth, apply glue to the edge and fasten. Use a contrasting color to cut the fins and tail. Decorate the fins and tail with a marker. Use white paper and a marker to make eyes. Glue all the details and you can admire the paper fish.

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Moving fish can still be done in this way.

If you are sure that you made cuts directly on the crease, then carefully pull the tail of the paper fish to the head, it will take on an elastic shape and bounce in the airwhen you move your hand.

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And another example how to make a moving fish out of color paper. The manufacturing procedure does not fundamentally differ from the previous options.

If you need instructions, a link to the site under the gallery. Master class see below.

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Stripes of fish

See how to make an original craft. it paper strip fish, which seems to jump and spin in the air, especially where there is a light breeze ... The basic technique is simple, you will quickly master it. The author took the first paper fish for half an hour, but by the time he made the last fish according to the instructions below, it took only 8 minutes. Given how long it takes to catch real fish, this is very fast. And much more comfortable than sitting on the riverbank. A small but very detailed instruction can be read on the website. Step by step photos a little bright, but everything should be clear.

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Openwork fish from colored paper for children

And how do you make such an idea fishnet made of colored paper? It looks gorgeous, but it is very simple. Take a look step by step photos and you’ll immediately understand what the idea is. You need to fold the paper and make the same cuts on the side triangles to get 7 strips approximately one centimeter wide. We do this on both sides, then glue the strips in the middle. Then we make a tail with small frequent cuts with a fringe and cut a neat mouth - paper fish ready.

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Striped paper fish

A cute fish made entirely from strips of paper. Time: 15 minutes. Aget: 5-10 years. Level of difficulty: middle. Materials: two-color paper, scissors, glue, pencil. Cut six long thin strips of paper, that is, three strips of each color. Here stripes 1 cm by 14 but the fish in the end gets only half of the original length, so these sizes are for pretty small paper fish. Fold the pieces of paper in half. Insert two different colored stripes into each other at right angles. Weave a strip of paper horizontally through the loose ends. Braid the third strip to the end, then glue the strips down where necessary. Cut the middle stripe of each color according to the end of the square. Cut the other stripes diagonally, from the top corner to the base. Draw the eyes.

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Woven paper strip fish

This guide shows how to make paper strip fish. This simple and beautiful craft is perfect for beginners. Can be used for decoration greeting cards or hang. as a decoration. To make woven paper fish you will need: 2 strips of paper 15 mm wide and 28 cm long. How to weave paper strips is shown in master class on step by step photosbut if you need instructions, a link to the site is below the gallery.

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Here is another option where it will be necessary to weave paper strips. The truth in this case is to make paper fish, a pattern is used, and weaving from paper stripes serves as decoration. You need: a template that can be downloaded on the site, a sheet of whatman paper and colored paper. If you will paint, it is better to do this before you start cutting. Cut out the pattern. Fold in half (color side outside) as indicated by the line on the template. Cut along the dotted lines, then cut strips of paper of different colors. Weave strips of paper between cutsthat you made on fish. Glue the ends and then cut. Your woven paper fish is ready!

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Braided fish for children 5 to 7 years old

The original way is shown here, how to make braided paper fish do it yourself using bubble film.

For crafts, you can use templatewhich can be downloaded on the site. How to make paper fish see below for step by step photos.

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Volumetric paper fish

This project presents two sizes of paper fish. To create a three-dimensional paper fishweave tails in two easy steps. The crafts can be hung on the ceiling or in the window, and at the slightest wind the fish will move with a breeze to the delight of young children, the children's room will be much more fun. To suspend, pass a needle with a double thread of at least a meter in length and tie the end of the thread. Pull the thread and fasten it with a small pieces of adhesive tape or glue on the other side. Repeat these steps for each paper fish, leaving 5 cm or more between each pair. They can also be used as decoration for gift wrapping.

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Here is another example of how you can do do-it-yourself volumetric paper fish.

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Woven paper fish

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Flying paper fish

This model depicts flying fish, there are those in nature, you can tell children about them! Crafts take about a minute, you can use any old scrap of paper. When did paper fishjust toss it up and watch how it spins beautifully when it falls. It will be even more fun if for launch fish, you will stand on a chair or table (be careful!).

• Cut the paper into strips of approximately 20 cm x 2 cm; accuracy is not necessary.
• Make cuts at both ends as shown.
• Bend the strip and the ends of the groove together.

Throw and watch the fish spin when they fall.

How to do this flying fishshown on step by step photos. Running them is easy, it just takes practice. Hold the paper fish with your forefinger and thumb. Then push your wrist back and it should fall back to the ground. It's fine works indoorsbut if you are outside, you can put in the bow small pebble and toss it up. Just be careful with people nearby so that they don't get hurt. Flying paper fish can be made of any size. Just keep in mind that the larger it is, the slower it spins.

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Small weather vane

Do you want to make your own flying fish weather vane? Then you will need:

• sheet cardboard
• paper napkins
• stick (i.e. stronger than in the picture)
• fishing line longer than 1.2 meters
• small balls

First cut a piece of cardboard about 30 cm and glue it to the tissue paper. Draw markers on your fish sample. Glue the sides together. Cut small strips and make a tail. Glue two balls to make eyes. Chop fishing line 4 pieces of 30 cmfasten inside the fish in your mouth. Then tie it on a stick. Now go to the garden and watch your fish fly. If there is wind on course.

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Craft paper fish 50 photos

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Accordion paper fish

Great craft for preschoolers. Make them as expensive jewelry, as part of the composition on marine theme. And you can also make an aquarium for them from a shoe box or just stick them on summer greeting cards ... in general, you can find many uses for these lovely small paper fish. You will need colored paper - for each fish 1 sheet measuring 15 x 15 cm, one 6 x 6 cm and paper waste - the dimensions are not accurate, so can experiment. Prepare scissors, a pen and glue stick. Take a look several step by step photos about how to make paper fish or you can watch a short video on the site.

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Small paper accordion for children 3-5 years old

Here is another simple example, how to make paper fish do it yourself.

For crafts, we need standard sheet of A4 paper. Then we do it, as shown in the step-by-step photos - draw, cut, assemble into an accordion, glue.

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Children's craft fish

Here is a craft that is perfect for a theme birthday. Just prepare colored paper and plastic eyes. To do paper fish yourself You will need a stapler, scissors and a hole punch.

1. To make the body, take two sheets of paper and cut in half.
2. Fold them in accordion, as shown in the photo.
3. Then squeeze them together and fasten right in the middle.
4. Pull down the bottom of each side so that it extends, and glue the sides together where they meet below. Do the same with the top.
5. There are two spaces left on either side. Glue them to complete the circle.
6. Cut a triangle and glue to the circle, it will be the tail.
7. Then glue the plastic eyes.

Make a hole in the top of the paper fish, tie a rope and hang to decorate the room!

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Paper accordion fish can still be done in this version. First, take a white drawing paper and paint it blue or light green. You can use watercolor to make the background more visible. Take three papers of different colors and stick in the vertical direction. Then, fold one blank paper upside down and continue until it is completely folded. After that, bend in the middle to give it a shape similar to chinese fan. That's all, it remains to stick the tail, plastic eyes and a fish of paper is ready.

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Do-it-yourself fish from colored paper

This craft of colored paper fish make it very simple.

The attractiveness of this model is that it is used here accordion method. That is, the fish can be moved by simulating movement in water. How to make a fish out of paper with your own handsshown in this collage.

As you can see, it’s very simple. First, cut the workpiece and give the desired shape.

Then we make out beautifully.

Paper accordion fish

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Craft hungry paper fish

Surprise is a wonderful thing, even in a field like origamiespecially if they are funny. Here materialsthat you will need for this simple project.

• Paper - you can use plain drawing paper or printer paper A4 format, it is for easy folding
• Pencil
• Markers

The original project used watercolor paints, you can also try, only you need more thick paper. You are welcome, do not draw watercolors on thin paper.

1. If you use colored pencils, then take plain paper for the printer.
2. Operating procedure:
3. Fold a piece of paper in half in width.
4. Make sure the fold is even. Clear folds will make this method more fun.
5. Bend the edges opposite from the first fold.

Draw a cute, gentle fish with a pencil on bent paper, being careful in the places of the fold: it is necessary to make the mouth look well closed, but when you open the folds, the cute and gentle creature turns into a terrible monster with sharp teeth.

Scary, but fun, or rather, scary fun.

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Paper fish and clothespins

If you have colored paper and a bunch of wooden clothespins, you can make a whole flock hungry paper fish. A very interesting craft, the children squeeze the clothespin so that the fish opens and closes its mouth. Make it very simple. By the way fish patterns you can download on the site. Print patterns and use them to cut fish out of paper. Cut each fish horizontally through the middle, from tail to nose. Put clothespins on your side. Glue the upper half of the fish to the upper half of the clothespin, lower to the bottom. Glue plastic eyes. That's all, your hungry a paper fish and clothespin is ready. This is a fun toy that your children can play with. I hope you enjoyed this project and have a great time with your kids!

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How to make fish from a paper bag

Actually this paper fish maybe a handbag. And it’s very simple to do. Paint the right side 3/4 blue and the left 1/4 yellow and let dry. Cut two diagonal lines starting from each corner on the yellow side of the bag, as shown. Glue one plastic eyelet on the upper right side of the bag. Now fasten a piece of yellow twine around the place where the yellow and blue paint meet, and you have a cutie small handbag fish.

Fish from the toilet paper sleeve

Have you ever wondered what reminds you sleeve from toilet roll. Look carefully, it's almost ready paper fish, just need a little flatten and cut. It's possible one of the easiest craftswhat you can think of. True, you still need a little paint, plastic eyes and a marker. The collage below shows how to do this. Just cut off the rounded end for the head and make two slots at an angle of approximately 45º for the tail. Fold the corner cut, and then tuck it inside the fish to make a tail. Garnish with paints and let dry.

Then we glue the eyes and draw a mouth with a marker.

You can colorize it in any colors of the rainbow, see which beautiful paper fish we have succeeded.

Paper tube fish

Do not discard toilet paper cartridges! They are useful for many wonderful crafts for children, such as multi-colored toilet paper sleeve fish. They are very fun to make, and your child can be creative by decorating them in any colors and patterns that he chooses. Paint the paper tubes first. To cover cardboard well, you may need 2 coats of paint. Fold the tube so that it is flat, and cut a rounded shape at one end. Then cut two triangles at the other end to shape the tail. Now the fun part. Draw patterns throughout the fish. You can draw dots, zigzags, stripes or wavy lines - anything. You can even glue glitter to make scales. If you make a whole school of fish, then do everything with different patterns, so it will be more fun. Finally, glue or paint the eye using black and white colors. Then draw a smile and your little fish is ready. Why not make a whole jamb?

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Japanese crafts koinobori for children

Koinobori in translation from Japanese literally means karpoflag, these are such colorful pennants from fabric or paper in the form of carp fish. They are hung on a pole to celebrate children's day. The model presented here, of course, only imitates real koinoboribut children will surely enjoy this colorful craft, especially if you read what it is on Wikipedia and tell the children. How to do japanese paper fishshown in step by step photos. The idea is to simply colorfully design a sleeve from a roll of toilet paper, everything will take about twenty minutes, no more.

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DIY do-it-yourself fish for kindergarten

Here is an example of how to make cute toilet paper sleeve fish.

An interesting hobby for preschoolers, because you can change it in many ways. You will need several rolls of toilet paper or paper towelscut in half, paints, sparkles, dishes for paint, brushes, scissors, glue and plastic eyes ... and all this in large quantities, you probably want to make more than one fish.

The idea is this, flatten one part, it will be the head of the fish, and on the other hand, cut the tail, as shown in the photo. Then paint everything, make out, in general, see how it is shown in the master class on step by step photos.

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Cardboard Sleeve Fish

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Craft fish from a paper plate

This is a very funny craft, because the used colorful paper mugs look almost like real fish scales ... in the animated sense. You can adjust the difficulty of this craft to match the skill level of the children who will be make paper fishFor small children, even sticking scales can be a daunting task. Older children will not have problems working with small circles, and the end result will be even cooler.

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Here is another example how to make a fish from a disposable plate. Paint the underside of the paper plate and let dry completely. Cut a triangular shape on the right side and glue on the left side for the tail. The cutout hole will be the mouth. Cut 2 small fins from colored paper and glue one on each side of the plate. Then glue the eye. Using paper of different colors, draw circles of approximately 3 cm. For fish scales, you will need 22-25 pieces. Circles can be made from anything you have in the house. Cut the circles and fold them in half. Apply glue to one side and sprinkle with sparkles. Starting from the middle of the plate, about halfway from head to tail, start sticking circles in rows. The fold side will face the mouth. Stick on flakes of 4-5 pieces in each row, slightly overlapping. You should be able to about 6 rows, and the last row will be next to the tail and have only 2 pieces in this row. After you have glued all the scales, let them dry completely.

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Disposable Fish

This is the easiest way. make a paper fish, unless of course you have a paper plate. Orange color is for those who like unusual ideas. Making a fish is very easy.

Paint the plate orange and let it dry completely.

Use orange round labels and place them on half a paper plate to create a scale. If you want to make colorful fish, you can use all the color labels.

Cut out fins from orange paper. Here you can also approach the matter with imagination. In this case, there is a dorsal fin, an upper fin and two fins for the lower part.

Also cut small triangular ridges along the bottom of the fins. This step is optional, depending on the abilities of the children.

Use your orange marker to draw lines on the fins. Glue the fins to the paper plate. Finish your fish by cutting out your mouth and gluing a large eye.

Paper Plate and Cupcake Fishes

See how you can turn ordinary paper plate in fish with colorful scales. An ideal craft for children, the production of which will take about ten minutes. Scissors give the plate the desired shape, trimming use for fins. Color the fish in any color of your choice. Cut the small muffin tins in half and smooth them slightly to get a lot multi-colored scales. Starting with the “tail” of the fish, fasten the scales in rows. As you move to the head, add new rows, overlap them with the previous row. Make a tail, for which cut the mold in half and fold it into folds, to get a fan. Glue to the back of the fish. Now glue the eye and draw a slight smile. Pretty turned out fish, is not it?

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Paper plate with a goldfish

Do you like this goldfish plateIsn't that cute? This is a great activity for preschoolers. For children, it will be fun, interactive and easy - perfect projectto try yourself at home or in a small group. The idea of ​​the craft is to make a marine background with fish and algae, separately make a goldfish and attach it to a stick, which is inserted through the bottom slot of the rim and the fish will “swim”. But if you cover an underwater topic in a school or preschool, the plate can be painted yellowso that it resembles a porthole window on a submarine. Add some exotic algae, an octopus or even a shark and you will have a cool sea voyage in the bathyscaphe.

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Disposable Fish

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Aquarium paper craft

Since we have an article about paper fish, the idea naturally comes up, how to make an aquarium out of paper, it is necessary for the fish to “swim” somewhere. Below you will find some examples, but here is the easiest option. The idea is simple, to make such a three-dimensional structure from a sheet of paper. How to make an aquarium with paper fishcan be read in the instructions on the site, although I think it will be quite simple to see step by step photos.

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Cardboard box aquarium

And here is an example how to make an aquarium from a cardboard box.

Look at the step by step photos, how to make a paper aquarium, seaweed, fish and what is needed for this. Useful Tips for the manufacture of this craft can be read on the site.

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Or such an option. There is something funny about turning a piece of cardboard into something incredibly interesting. This cardboard box aquarium Great for creativity! Children can choose how decorate your aquariumwhat kind of paper fish to breed in it, what to make algae, collect pebbles, shells and other things that should be in a real pond.

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Aquarium with paper fish

Here is another interesting idea, how to make an aquarium from paper with a fish do it yourself. This design consists of ovals and rectangles. To make them, you need to download, print and cut two copies of each part. The template shows us where the slots should be, so assembling the aquarium is not a problem. Then cut out corals from paper, make a fish out of colored paper and you can admire your work. Another plus collapsible constructionso you can take it with you wherever you go.

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Paper application aquarium with fish

However do aquarium out of the box or cardboard is not necessary, the paper application will also look great. Below in the master class on step by step photos shows how to make fish from paper of two types - accordion andfanand cut beautiful algae. Everything is very simple and the children will have fun. If this is your first time doing such crafts with your children, read instructions with a list of materials on the site.

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Aquariums with fish made of paper photo

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