We did this sponge artwork with the elder brother back in 2012. Back then we did not have video tutorials. Today, we did this fun sponge painting with my 3 year old and we have the video to share.
Here is the koi fish template if you wish to do it with your little ones too:
Remember our Ang Pow Fish decor we made back in 2010? Well, we improved it recently by adding a tail to it and it is now so much nicer.
Ang Pow Fish
Draw as shown above.
Cut accordingly.
Cut out the tail from another ang pow packet.
Paste it onto the fish.
Add googly eyes and tie a string on it and it is ready to welcome the Lunar New Year 🙂
The kids painted koi fish today in the Studio. It’s super easy even a toddler can do it! 😀
Koi fish (Japanese carp) painting
I drew and cut out two templates (as shown above) for each of the kids.
Get the kids to paint the entire drawing block blue using sponge. My kid insists to paint it green as he said the water in the pond is always green!
Place the first template and start dabbing white paint over the holes in the template. Let dry.
Place the second template over the white paint and dab orange paint.
Repeat the process if you wish to have more than one fish.
This Chinese New Year, let’s have beautiful goldfish accompanying us 😀 We’ll need only 6 red packets, oops, in this case, gold packets.
Gold Packet Gold Fish
We’ll only need two folding methods. 3 packets for each fold.
Fold both edges, leaving a small gap in the middle.
On the opposite end, fold both edges, leaving no gap in the middle.
You’ll need to fold 3 packets according to the above folding method.
Pick the part with the gap and staple so all three are attached to each other.
It should look like this.
Turn them out
See the fold line? You’ll need to cut the triangle out but do not cut on the line. Leave a little space.
Cut only one side. Leave the other untouched. Do not throw away the small triangle as you’ll need it later for the fins.
Cut the second packet. Cut only on one side too.
Cut the third packet. This time, cut both sides. You’ll now have 4 little triangles.
Fold the remaining 3 packets into half
Fold as shown above
Fold again as shown above and repeat on the other side
Fold all three packets using the above folding method.
Staple them side by side together
Place the tail in between the two packets.
Staple on one side
Staple on the other side too
Take 2 triangles
And staple as the fin
Staple the body shut
Staple as shown above
Insert your finger to puff up the fish
Take another small triangle and staple
Repeat on the other side
Staple it totally shut
Open up the tail
Cut two eyes out of white paper and draw the black eye and paste
I like to use this glass stone purchased from IKEA for the ‘fish eye’ effect.
Simply glue the glass stone onto the eyes and you are done 😀
You may also use red packets (ang bao) if you do not have gold packets 🙂
Still don’t get it? Watch this video 😀
It’s time to get ticklish again 😀 Blurp, blurp.. FISH here we come 😛
Footprint Fish
Paint your feet red or any colour of your choice and stamp onto a drawing block
Paint your pointer white and stamp as the eyes. Paint some fins and the fish is done 🙂
Egg carton fish
The next time you think of throwing out your egg cartons, think again for they can be used to make beautiful fish!
Egg carton
Cut the egg carton into individual cups.
Glue them together to get the shape of a fish.
Paint the fish
The kids deep in concentration
Cut craft foams as the fins. Use pipe cleaner as the mouth
The kid’s finished product – The Egg Carton Fish. Simply beautiful!
The kids and their fish striking a pose 😛
Blurp Blurp… Let’s print out some fish today 🙂
Handprint Fish
Paint your palm and print on a blue piece of paper.
Paint the other palm and print. You'll have two lovey-dovey fish 🙂
Paint your fingers and print as the sea weeds.
Using a brush, draw the eye and mouth and some bubbles. You are done 🙂
Dating fish 😛
I love anything marine 🙂 Let’s do an origami goldfish today.
Origami Goldfish
You'll need a square paper.
Fold half with the white side facing out.
Fold a flip down.
Fold the other side too.
Fold down a flap for the tail.
Make a small fold for the mouth.
Draw the eyes and your goldfish is done 🙂
If you have any origami you want to share with us, submit it here and we’ll link it back to you 🙂
This Chinese New Year, let’s hang up some fish on the bamboo tree 😀
Red packet fish ornament
Draw a line in the middle of the red packet.
Draw the tail and cut. Cut a small square as the mouth too.
Glue the tail together. Use a needle to put a thread through a fin and hang 🙂
Red packet fish ornament
Check out the rest of our Chinese New Year decor collections:
2)Â Red Packet Ancient Coin Lantern
5)Â Red Packet Toilet Paper Roll Fire Cracker
6) Chinese Paper Cut – SPRING
7)Â Fortune Cookie Fridge Magnet
8 )Â Red Packet Sea Shell Tree Ornament
10)Â Red Packet Fan Tree Ornament
11)Â Red Packet Fish Tree Ornament
12)Â Fingerprint Cherry Blossom
14)Â Chinese New Year Fan
15) Angry Bird Ang Pow Wheel of Fortune
16) Ang Pow Koi Fish
Let’s make a cute fingerprint goldfish for luck.
First, put your orange thumb print as the body of the fish.
Then use your fingertips as the fins (both upper and lower) and tail.
Use markers to draw the eyes and line the fins and tails. Your fingerprint goldfish is ready!
Another easy origami to do.
You’ll need a square paper to start with.
Fold it into two.
Fold the bottom end up into the middle.
Repeat on the other side.
Fold a flip.
Fold another flip. Can you see Ethan’s little fingers joining in the ‘glamour‘? ^^
Turn it over and you’ll get this. Decorate it with eyes and mouth and you’re done!
Ethan admiring the origami fish. 😀Â
This is the basic of all paper plate crafts. The simplest to do.
Use a craft scissors to cut out a small triangle. You may also use normal scissors if you do not have any craft scissors.
Stick the small triangle to form a tail.
Now here is the tedious part. I use a craft punch and punch out a thousand ‘hearts’ from old magazine pages and get Ethan to do the pasting.
Half an hour later, he is still pasting! LOL! You may opt to just color the fish instead. Use a button, stone or anything you wish for the eye and it’s done!
