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Yarn Fish Prints
Grade: K-6
Age: 4-12
Submitted by: Gullion
[Gullion is an art educator at Eddyville/Blakesburg in Ottumwa, Iowa]
Creating an underwater scene while building fine motor skills.
Objectives:
- Building fine motor skills
What You Need:
- scissors
- glue
- yarn
- cardboard or oaktag
- paper
- printing ink or paint
- crayons
What You Do:
- On one piece of cardboard, have your students use crayons to draw an underwater scene. At this point, they do not draw in a fish.
- On another piece of cardboard or oak tage, have your students draw a fish.
- Then, have your students outline the fish with glue. Then, they should apply yarn to the glue.
- Let the yarn and glue dry.
- Students then apply printing ink (or paint) to the yarn fish and then press the fish onto the underwater scene to create a print.
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