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    Home » Kids Crafts

    Adorable DIY Fish Puppet

    Published: Nov 18, 2021 by Marcie Groller · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Love crafts that kids can actually play with? Then you'll love this adorable DIY fish puppet craft! Simple supplies, minimal mess and countless minutes of creative playtime!

    two red fish puppets
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    • 👍Why We Love This Fish Puppet Craft
    • ✂ Supplies
    • 📝 Instructions
    • đŸ§¶ Other Paper Crafts
    • 🐟 Fish Puppet Craft

    👍Why We Love This Fish Puppet Craft

    Creative play- The nicest part about this craft is that once your kids create their puppets, they can actually play with them and make a puppet show! Putting on a puppet show with their fish was the perfect activity to keep them busy and creative while I made our Easy Baked Cod with Panko.

    A 3D paper craft- Our kids love making their artwork "jump" off the page, as we have done with our 3D Pop-Up Pepper craft.  

    Fine motor skills. Our fish puppet craft allows kids to put developing cutting, folding, and gluing skills to good use.  

    ✂ Supplies

    supplies for paper fish puppet craft

    Notes on Supplies:

    • We used construction paper for the fish puppet cutout, but thinner, colored paper for the scales.
    • Tape or Elmer's Glue can be used.
    • We love these kid-friendly scissors by Westcott.

    📝 Instructions

    Step 1: Draw and cut out your fish.

    outline of fish on red paper
    cut out of red fish

    Step 2: Fold colored paper in half and cut out several small circles.

    semi circles drawn on folded blue and pink paper
    cut out pink, blue and yellow circles

    Step 3: Glue circles, folded side down, onto fish to form scales.

    gluing folded circles onto fish to form scales

    Step 4: Draw the fish puppet's eye and mouth

    two paper fishes with eyes and mouth drawn on

    Step 5: Glue two popsicle sticks to the back of the fish. Now time to play!

    gluing popsicle sticks to back of paper fish
    two paper fish puppets swimming

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    🐟 Fish Puppet Craft

    Looking for a craft that kids can play with? These adorable 3D Fish Puppets are simple, sweet and so much fun!
    Author: Marcie & Julie
    Total Time10 minutes mins
    Total: 1 puppet

    Supplies

    • tape/glue
    • Scissors
    • Construction paper
    • Pencil
    • Sharpie
    • 2 popsicle sticks

    Instructions

    • Draw and cut out a fish from construction paper.
    • Fold 2-3 sheets of colored paper in half. Draw and cut out several half circles along the folded line to form small circular shapes of paper that are folded in the middle. Feel free to vary their sizes.
    • Glue or tape the folded side of each circle to the fish to form its scales.
    • Draw your fish's eyes and mouth.
    • Glue or tape two popsicle sticks to the back of your fish to transform it into a puppet.
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