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Hanging Japanese Fish |
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A simple-to-make
Japanese hanging koi (goldfish) made from paper
and old magazines. This fish looks beautiful
hanging from the ceiling. A classroom full of
them is quite impressive! |
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Supplies needed:
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Construction paper
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Old magazines, catalogues, coloured paper
scraps, and aluminium foil scraps to cut up
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Glue
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Scissors
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Stapler
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Markers or crayons
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Hole punch
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2 to 3 Crepe paper streamers (a few inches
long)
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Some string or yarn
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Draw a fish on a large piece of paper. Put a
second piece of paper under this piece of paper.
Cut out two large, paper fish. |
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Cut out a lot of scrap paper and/or aluminium
foil circles. Use old, colourful magazines,
catalogues, etc. |
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Glue the circles onto both sides of the body of
the fish. These are the fish's scales. (The fish
is not symmetrical, so be sure that you glue
circles onto the fish in such a way that when
you staple the 2 sides together later on, the
scales will be on the outside.) |
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Decorate the fish's
head, fins, and tail using crayons or markers. |
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Staple the two sides of the fish together,
stapling the ends of crepe paper ribbons inside
the tail. |
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Punch two holes on the fish's face. String some
yarn through the holes. You now have a hanging
koi (a Japanese carp). |
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