Yes, this has got to be one of THE best excuses for chocolaty treats!
At the moment the shops are full of colourful foil wrapped eggs, bunnies, you name it - and I'd say the hardest part of this craft is getting the foil off in decent size pieces, or saving enough from impatient little people who just want to rip it off. So you end up with tin foil confetti!
Try to hang on to some if you can. You'll be glad you did.
You will need:
Colourful tin foil pieces
Kitchen foil (optional)
Cereal box card
Pencil
Scissors
Glue stick
Black marker pen (Sharpie)
Stick (optional)
String or yarn (optional)
Sticky tape (optional)
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| Now you see them... |
1. To make a fish shape, draw half a fish on the fold of some cereal box card - we used one of the side box folds that was already there - cut out and use as your template. Make the fish any size you want - we made two, one about 14cm/51/2in. long, the other 10cm/4in.
2. Draw around your template and cut out the fish shapes. We made eight altogether.
Snip your colourful foil (and kitchen foil) into smaller pieces if you want. Cut away any straggly edges.
Then cover a card fish with a good layer of glue stick and start arranging your foil.
Overlap to avoid too many gaps and use more glue to stick these foil pieces down.
Don't worry about bits hanging over the edge, because these can be tucked around the back when you've finished. Rub more glue along the back edge before wrapping the foil around your shape.
3. We added a fin, this is optional though, just cut a small triangle from some spare card, rub some glue on, and cover with foil. Glue to your fish. Dot on eyes with a black marker pen (like a Sharpie).
4. Use your fish in a collage..
5. Or you could make a wall hanging.
Find a good stick - ours is a piece of driftwood from the beach, but something from the garden is perfect. Ours is about 40cm/15in. long.
Cut a length of string or yarn about 40cm/15in. long (just as a guide). Then cut two more pieces of string, double that length.
Tie the end of the shorter piece to the middle of your stick with a double knot. Tie the other pieces either side, but make the knot in the middle of the length of string, so you have plenty left to hang your shoal of fish.
6. Rub a good amount of glue stick over the middle part of the back of your fish and arrange them on the strings. Aim for the middle of your fish, but it really doesn't need to be perfect, so don't worry.
7. Give the glue a chance to dry, then turn the fish over and use some sticky tape to properly attach them to the string.
8. Cut away any stray strings. You may find some of the bottom fish don't look like they're swimming completely straight, but I think this just gives the display a bit more movement!
9. Hold your fish up by the two side strings, and when it looks even, tie the strings together and trim.
Lovely when they catch the light...
Of course you don't have to make fish, I'm just very fond of fish!! We have covered other shapes too.
