Fun Fish Craft Ideas to Make at Daycare and Kindergarten

Colorful fish with decoupage

Decalcomania is a simple technique that even one-year-olds can try, yet it’s also a delightful way to enjoy color.

Let’s use decalcomania to create fish that swim smoothly.

First, have fun with decalcomania on construction paper.

It’s great if you can involve one-year-olds from the step of placing the paint.

Once the paint dries, cut the construction paper into fish shapes and use round stickers to make the eyes and mouth.

Finally, stick the fish onto another sheet of construction paper to represent the ocean, and you’re done! Give it a try and make these adorable fish swimming in the sea.

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A rainbow-colored fish made with handprints

How about making colorful fish with handprint stamps that will make you feel happy just by looking at them? Paint different colors on the children’s palms to create a rainbow effect.

Then simply press their hands onto drawing paper, cut out a fish shape, and add eyes and a mouth to finish.

If you stick the fish onto a background decorated with light blue raffia (suzuran) tape, you can create an even cooler, breezier atmosphere.

The cool sensation of the paint on their palms will likely boost the kids’ excitement! If painting the hands is difficult, try making an original ink pad using a cleaning cloth (duster) and put it to use!

Colorful-sticker fish

Sticker play suitable from age 1: Let’s make colorful fish with paper plates!

Why not make colorful fish with sticker pasting? Round stickers are easy for little hands to peel and stick, so they’re sure to be captivated! If you’re incorporating this into a July craft, turn paper plates into summery fish motifs.

To let the children go all out with sticker pasting, portion the stickers into small amounts and put them in cases so they’re easy to use.

The colorful polka-dotted fish look cool and give an early taste of summer.

Each child’s individuality will show in how they place the stickers, so once they’re finished, it’ll be fun to display their creations!

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Mess-free finger paint fish

[Printable Template Available!] Make Fish! Finger Paint Fish You Can Enjoy Without Getting Messy / Finger Paint Fish

Finger painting—where you draw with your fingers—can be a bit of a hassle because your fingers get all sticky and messy.

Here’s a fish craft that solves that problem with mess-free finger painting.

Prepare a piece of construction paper cut into a fish shape, then squeeze several colors of paint onto the areas you want to color.

Next, place the fish inside a food storage bag like a Ziploc, and spread the paint by pressing and rubbing with your fingers over the outside of the bag.

Once the colors are spread nicely, take the fish out, add an eye and any other details, and you’re done! This way, there’s almost no worry about dirty fingers, making it easy to enjoy the craft.

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Tissue paper fish and handprint crab

Let’s make fish and crabs using tissue paper and handprints! For the fish, first cut construction paper into a fish shape, then crumple some tissue paper and glue it on as scales.

Add eyes and other details, and the fish is done! For the crab, paint a child’s open hand with paint and stamp it onto construction paper.

Try stamping so that the thumbs become the eyes and the other fingers become the crab’s legs.

Once it’s dry, add eyes using construction paper or round stickers, and it’s complete! If you cover the artwork with clear plastic, it can look like an aquarium tank.

Give it a try with your kids’ adorable little hands!

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Flaky fish in a single quick toss

One-cut scissors technique: no need to move the scissors many times or make wobbly, jagged cuts—just one clean snip does the job.

Let’s make a fish with colorful scales using this technique! First, prepare a piece of construction paper cut into the shape of a fish.

Next, take various colors of construction paper cut into thin strips, and snip them once each into roughly 1 cm squares—snip, snip! These will be the fish’s scales.

Apply glue generously to the areas of the fish shape where you want the scales.

Sprinkle the small paper pieces over the glued areas to attach the scales.

Brush away any pieces that didn’t stick, then add details like the fish’s eye, and you’re done! One-cut snipping is great practice with scissors, so kids who are currently learning to use scissors should definitely give it a try.

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A painting of hide-and-seek gliding between the waves

Preschool/Kindergarten: August ‘Hide-and-Seek in the Waves’ Painting/Craft

First, use a sponge dauber to stamp white paint onto blue construction paper.

Next, dab on more paint with your fingertips.

Fold the top edge slightly, cut the bottom edge in a wavy line with scissors, and paste it onto another sheet of blue construction paper to make the base.

Then, prepare pieces of colored paper cut into fish shapes and seaweed shapes.

Stick the fish and seaweed onto the base however you like, and you’re done.

When you move the waves back and forth, the fish appear and hide.

Enjoy a cute game of hide-and-seek under the sea!

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