Preschool Arts and Crafts Fish
August 12, 2008
Fish are always a fun topic for preschoolers. Here are some great preschool arts and crafts fish you can make with your little one.
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You’ll Need
* Construction paper
* Scissors
* Paper Plate
* Crayons
* Water Colors
* Toothpick
Directions:
Fish Bowl Craft
Cut a paper plate into a shallow U-shape (by cutting a moon shaped piece out of one side), to make it look like a fish bowl. Give the kids some crayons and let them draw fish and plants in the bowl. Use some blue water colors to color the entire plate blue (representing the water). The color won’t stick to the crayons making for a nice effect.
Optional – crumble up little pieces of brown tissue paper and make them into small balls. Glue them to the bottom of the fish bowl as gravel.
Colorful Fish
Cut basic fish shapes out of construction paper. Have the kids cover the fish in all sorts of different colors with crayons. Take a black crayon and cover the entire fish shape. Let the kids use a toothpick (under supervision of course) to carefully scratch designs like scales into the fish. This will remove the top black layer, revealing all the colors underneath.
Alternative – Have the kids color the fish, or cut out little pieces of glossy magazine paper and have them glue the pieces on the fish to make a colorful, shiny fish.
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Pencil Holder Craft
August 10, 2008
This pencil holder goes to school with your child. Let your child express herself with this easy pencil holder craft.
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You’ll Need 
* Empty Potato Chip Container (Pringles)
* Paint
* Stickers
* Markers
Directions:
Clean out the empty potato chip container. Let it dry completely, then give it a thick coat in your child’s favorite color. Let it dry completely, then let him or her decorate the pencil holder with stickers and markers.
The pencil holder is ready for pencils, markers and other small school supplies. It’s the perfect size for your child’s book bag.
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Corkboard Craft
August 10, 2008
A corkboard is a great tool to stay organized in the hectic first days of school. You and your child can pin up notes and reminders on this simple corkboard.
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You’ll Need 
* Corks (from wine bottles)
* Thick cardboard
* Glue
* Sharp Knife
* Markers and Stickers to decorate
Directions:
This craft requires a lot of help from an adult, especially to cut the cork. If you don’t have a bunch of wine bottle corks laying around, you could also use cork squares from the hardware store.
Cut out a square or rectangular piece of cardboard to the size you would like your corkboard to be.
Slice the cork into 1/8th to 1/4 of an inch thick slices. Glue the slices on the cardboard. You can cover the entire cardboard, leave a border to decorate or make fun shapes out the cork pieces (like flower or butterfly shapes).
Allow your corkboard to dry, then decorate with markers and stickers. All you need know is a couple of push pins and you’re ready to use the cork board.
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