Vibrant Fish Greeting Card
This striking fish greeting card has interesting textures and vibrant colours. It's ideal to send to someone special on their birthday. We used Eric Carle's technique of painting on tissue paper and using rough textile scraps to print interesting paint patterns.
Time: 30 minutes
Age: 5-10's, Over 10's
Level: Medium
Materials
Plain card
Two sheets tissue paper
Small piece of backing paper for the fish
Foam roller
Feather
Piece of rough textile (e.g. hessian scrap or square of old carpet)
Blue, green, white, yellow, red paint
Glue
Small piece of white paper
Black felt tip pen
Method
Use a roller to paint blue and green paint onto a sheet of tissue paper. Aim for a patchy effect with different shades of blue and green in different areas
Dip a feather into white paint and gently print onto the sea in a few areas
The feather added nice movement to the water
We used a scrap of hessian but you could also use a piece of old carpet or other rough textile
We used glue spray to stick on the tissue paper
Your card is now ready to send. You might even want to frame your picture instead and hang in a bathroom.
Why not
make your own envelope to go with the card?
Categories
#greeting_card
#birthday_card
#5_to_10s
#over_10s
#fish
#under_the_sea
#roller
#tissue_paper
#medium
%mykidcraft
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