Fabulous Fish

Another weekend spent at the beach so another beach inspired craft. These fish are super easy, require minimal preparation and are very toddler friendly.

We used:
Paper Plates ~ smallish ones which were great as they didn't take long and the kids didn't loose interest
Patty Pans ~ I cut these into halves or the larger ones into quarters
Glue Sticks
Sticker Dots ~ We added these for eyes but you could add googly eyes or just draw the eye on
Stapler
Scissors

I cut approx a quarter out of the plates to make a mouth opening and used the left over piece to form the tail.

Attach the left over quarter to the opposite side of the mouth using staples.

We then used glue sticks to paste the cut up patty pans all over our fish, they made brilliant scales as they didn't sit completely flat.

One of our very cute fish.

The variations of fish created, many scales verses minimalist.

Our completed school of fish up at Playgroup.

Paper Plate Tambourines

Looking for an easy craft to fill in a Winter afternoon. These Paper Plate Tambourines are super easy and made with items you can find in your pantry!

Here is what we started with, some paper plates, macaroni (any pasta will do, this is just what I had in the cupboard!) and some cellophane cut into strips.

Before we started, I turned two plates over so as to create a pocket in the centre and then stapled around the outside, making sure to leave an opening at the top so the children could add their pasta. We decorated our tambourines, added the pasta and stapled to close off the gap, adding some stripes of cellophane for tails.

Miss M busy decorating her tambourine with textas.

Master S with his finished tambourine, all ready to make some music!

Master E using his Tambourine as a steerling wheel!

Miss A and Miss O looking very proud of their efforts!

The gorgeous Miss L with her tambourine.