15 Fun Fish Craft Ideas

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We have decided to finish off our fish and ocean series this month with our favorite 15 fun fish craft ideas. If you are looking for fun fish crafts to do with kids or have a fish school theme you are in the right place! We have included the best rainbow fish crafts, paper plate fish crafts and a wide range to choose from for all ages from toddler to preschooler to older kids!

15 Easy and Fun Fish Craft Ideas for Kids

This Rainbow Fish Craft is perfect for a story theme craft to go along with the Rainbow Fish book by Marcus Pfister.

Another fun rainbow fish by Little Pinch of Perfect. Love the sparkle scales on this one!

This fish craft for kids uses foam to make the fish body and is easy to make with a free template included!

These Paper Roll Fish by The Craft Train are a great way to recycle your old toilet paper rolls. Kids can get creative coloring their fish and making different designs!

Here is another fun toilet paper roll fish craft by No Time for Flash Cards. We love the googly eyes on this one!

Pasta Fish craft by I Heart Crafty Things – we love the colorful use of pasta for scales in this craft!

Paper Plate Puffer Fish Craft by Buggy and Buddy – these little guys are just too cute and we love the colors!

This paper plate fish craft by Easy Peasy and Fun has fun colorful paper scales. You can choose different color schemes too!

Another take on a paper plate fish by Arty Crafty Kids but using a different scale design. We love the foil on this one!

For a fine motor craft activity, this paper fish weaving activity by Easy Peasy and Fun is a great one! Have the kids weave the paper through the fish to finish the craft.

This Fish Paper Craft by Buggy and Buddy is perfect for decorations! Kids can have fun making these and hanging them up on display.

Have you ever made a sun catcher? These fish suncatchers by Mom Inspired Life uses tissue paper. It’s such a fun and bright sun catcher to hang on your window!

This paper plate fish by ABC Creative Learning also uses tissue paper to decorate the fish. We love the pipe cleaner mouth and the way it uses a paper plate for the fin!

This Finding Dory Paper Bag Craft by Craft Create Cook is so cute! Kids will love making and playing with this craft afterward.

We couldn’t resist also including this adorable Button Fish craft by I Heart Crafty Things. It has buttons but also uses paper and tissue paper.

Finally, we love this cereal box aquarium. This is a perfect activity to get kids working with different materials like pipe cleaners, shells and sand!

We hope you enjoyed these 15 fish craft ideas we’ve gathered together! Which one is your favorite?

Before you go, take a peak at this creative Complete the Animals activity. Included is a free fish printable where kids can complete the picture with all sorts of different materials!