Handprint Fish Puppet Craft

14 Jul 2023 | Inspirational Activity Ideas, Nursery and Early Years

It’s time to embrace the vibrant spirit of summer with engaging and creative craft activities for the little ones. We’re starting off with a handprint fish puppet which will add lots of fun to under the sea and ocean activity play!

So let’s gather the art supplies and get crafting for summer!

 

What you’ll need:

 

Step 1

Trace out your little one’s hand on a piece of coloured card and cut out the handprint shape with a pair of scissors.

handprint trace on piece of coloured paper

 

Step 2

Next, cut out the handprint shape with a pair of scissors.

Cut out of traced handprint

 

Step 3

Then, using a piece of red card cut out a heart shape to use as the fish lips. Then stick these down at the end of the palm of the handprint.

Cutting out a heart shape for fish lips

 

Step 4

Next, stick on some wiggly eyes and feel free to let your child decorate with additional sequins or glitter.

Sticking on wiggly eyes for fish eyes

 

Step 4

Afterwards, glue  lolly stick to the back of the fish handprint. Once dry, your fish puppets are ready to use for lots of ocean-inspired play!

The finished fish puppet craft

 

Take a look at simple summer crafting ideas for more crafting inspiration and tag us on Instagram!

*Craft inspired by @gluedtomycrafts

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