Goldfish egg carton craft

Making crafts with common household items and “trash” is a great way to introduce young children to the idea of reducing, recycling and reusing. Here we learn how to make a goldfish egg carton craft.

Materials needed for Goldfish egg carton craft:

• cardboard egg carton
• tissue paper or crepe paper (scraps)
• plastic eyes
• orange paint
• glitter glue
• marker

Steps

• Cut out and trim one egg-carton cup for each fish you want to make.
• Paint one or two layers of white paint on it so that the colours would be more vibrant.
• Paint the egg-carton cup and leave it to dry.
• Paint a layer of glitter glue onto the cup to make it harder, leave it to dry completely.
• Meanwhile, cut out some fins from tissue paper and crepe paper and stick them to the inside of the cup.
• Stick on the plastic eyes and draw a mouth with a marker.

Tips

• Ask the egg sellers at your nearest wet market nicely for free egg cartons.

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