Water Bottle Fish

And now for a hanging, swimming fish made out of an old plastic bottle.  A few of them all hung up together would look beautiful!

You will need:

• A water bottle
• Thin card
• Cellotape
• Tissue paper in 2 or 3 different colours torn into strips.
• PVA Glue
• Paint brush
• Glitter
• Glittery fabric pen
• Sequins
• Felt pens
• Needle and thread

First of all, take the lid off your bottle and cut out some fin shapes and a tail shape for your fish.  Stick the shapes to your bottle with cellotape.  

After taking the bottle lid off, paint the fish with PVA glue and cover with the different colours of tissue paper, painting on more PVA glue as you go.  Leave to dry.

This is the fun bit! Go crazy with glitter pens, felt pens, sequins and glitter to give your fish markings and scales.  Leave to dry.

Scrunch up a length of tissue paper and two tissue paper balls.  Dip the 'eyes' into the PVA and stick into position on the fish.  Dip the strip of tissue paper into the PVA glue and while twisting, glue around the bottle opening for its mouth.  Leave to dry.  

Draw some eyes onto some thin card using felt pen.  Cut them out and stick them onto the fish.

Thread some cotton through the top of the fin and tie a knot.  And there you go - you're ready to hang it up and let it swim around!