Friday, October 17, 2008

Bottle Fish




Children's Art tomorrow and we'll be making bottle fish. 2 Liter pop bottles, painted with tempera paints inside.

5 comments:

Uta said...

Oh April, Zoe will want to make one of them. Do you just cut the bottom off, paint the inside and then just squash it flat????

april said...

Made from a 2-liter clear pop bottle, I cut the bottom off at the line. Flatten the bottom and cut the tail shape. Draw your pattern on the OUTSIDE of the bottle with a black Sharpie. Then paint on the INSIDE with tempera paint, starting with the eyes and then the most inside (the nose), working your way toward the opening. You can also use gel pens (the instructions say) but I used temperas. Takes a while to dry, but then they are strung up using a string attached to a bead inside the bottle. The tail is then stapled in one or two places depending on your design, although it does flatten and keeps its shape pretty good without. You can hang several in a window, like stained glass.

butterfly woman said...

Bet the kids love these "flying" fishes. So colorful. Bet we'll see some swinging through the air or near a window at the Center's art building. Hope so!!!
How unique and different. Glad you're teaching the kids there.
Bev

Laura said...

Hi April these are so cute, there is one hanging at the LaGrange Art League now for a junior high art show there having. What fun!! hope your weekend was a great time.

Doris said...

I love it too! I'll need to start drinking pop! Or maybe water comes in that size?