Art Project: Fish in Water

Ages: 18 months -4 year-olds

Materials:

Part 1- The background:

• 18″ x 24″ paper
• White, Turquoise, and Blue Tempera Paint
• Foam Rollers with Texture.  I used Inovart Foamie Design Rollers
• Art Easel.  We use Melissa & Doug Deluxe Standing Easel
• Cookie Sheet (from the dollar store)
• Painters Tape

Part 2: Printing:

• White paper plates
• Yellow and Red Tempera Paint
• Gold Glitter
• Wooden Blocks with bubble wrap glued on one side (I used large and small sized bubble wrap)
• Paint Scrapers.  Hair comb and  ROYLCO R5451 3 by 5-Inch Paint Scrapers, 4 Designs, 4-Pack

Part 3: Making the Fish:

• Adhesive Jewels. We used Jumbo 1″ Assorted Adhesive Jewels 100 pcs.
• Scissors
• Glue

Directions:Part 1- The background

See Tractor Track Art for directions on creating the background.

Directions: Part 2- Printing the Fish:

1. Place the printing block in paint.
2. Press on the plate.
3. Repeat till covered.

Directions: Part 3- Making the Fish:

1. Teacher- draw a triangle on the back of the plate with a marker (makes it look like pac-man)
2. Children cut out the triangle.  Younger ones that can’t cut yet, teacher cuts this out for them.
3. Make a thin line of glue around the edge of the fish.
4. Gently press fish on blue background from Part 1.
5. Add Jewels as scales.  For the younger ones (under 2) assist in peeling the sticker off the jewels.

Skills:

• Large Motor Skills (Part 1: Background)
• Engages the whole body (Part 1: Background)
• Handling various materials and supplies correctly.
• Fine Motor Skills
• Cutting

Vocabulary:

• Part of a fish: fins, scales
• Orange: Made with yellow and red
• Tint: Adding white to a color makes the color lighter

Images of the process: