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Tropical (pompom) Fish This is one of the easiest and quickest models to make. It is based on a pompom, which needs wool (any bright colour will do). To make one fish you will need about a quarter of a ball. Make more than one make a whole shoal! This is quite an easy model but you should cut out the various parts, make the fin
SKILL LEVEL
6yrs + (quite easy)
EQUIPMENT
GLUE GUN, MARKER, CRAFT KINIFE, KITCHEN SCISSORS, INKJET PRINTER (templates)
TIME
40 mins
INSTRUCTIONS DANGLE IT WHERE YOU LIKE
tale part, and prepare the wool in to lengths for younger children, but your kids will love making this and playing with it, because you made it together. Remember a glue gun is very hot and children should not use it unsupervised as the hot melted glue can cause nasty burns.
Junk used to make this model: leftover wool, small piece of waste cardboard, flat piece of a detergent conatiner bottle 1. PRINT OUT THE TEMPLATE SHEET
x2
2. GLUE THE DISC GUIDES TO A THIN PIECE OF CARD AND CUT OUT TWO DISCS 3. PREPARE THE WOOL BY DOUBLING IT UP SO THAT YOU HAVE PIECES ABOUT 2m IN BUNDLES OF ABOUT 6 TO 10 STRANDS, DEPENDING ON HOW THICK THE WOOL IS. YOU MAY NEED 4 OR 5 SUCH BUNDLES 4. PASS THE WOOL THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISC REPEATEDLY SO THAT YOU WIND IT ROUND THE DISC. WHEN YOU FINISH A BUNDLE, JUST TUCK IT OVER AND START ANOTHER UNTIL YOU CAN NOT PASS ANY MORE WOOL THROUGH THE HOLE 5. USING STRONG SCISSORS, PUSH ONE BLADE OF THE SCISSORS INTO THE WOOL AND BETWEEN THE TWO CARD DISCS AND CUT THE WOOL ROUND THE RIM 6. PASS SEVERAL SHORT STRANDS OF THE WOOL BETWEEN THE DISCS AND TIE TIGHTLY ROUND THE BUNDLE AND CUT OFF BELOW THE ENDS OF THE POMPOM 7. MAKE THE FINS & TAIL FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE TROPICAL FISH TEMPLATE SHEET. THEN PUSH ONLY ONE OF THE DISCS OFF THE BUNDLE AND SLIDE IN THE FINS & TAIL OVER THE REMAINING DISC. WHEN THE FINS & TAIL ARE IN PLACE, REMOVE THE OTHER DISC 8. GLUE THE EYES AND MOUTH IN POSITION, TIE A LOOP OF COTTON THREAD THROUGH THE TOP FIN HOLE AND DANGLE WHEREVER YOU WANT
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DADCANDO.com TROPICAL (POM-POM) FISH TEMPLATE SHEET 1.
PRINT OUT THIS SHEET
2.
ROUGHLY CUT OUT THE FINS & TAIL, THE DISC TEMPLATES & THE EYES & MOUTH
3.
GLUE THE DISCS, THE EYES & MOUTH AND ONLY THE RIGHT FINS & TAIL TO A PIECE OF STIFF CARD OR SHEET OF PLASTIC (e.g. THE FLAT SIDE DETERGENT CONTAINER BOTTLE)
4.
USING STRONG SCISSORS, CAREFULLY CUT OUT THE DISCS, THE EYES & MOUTH AND THE RIGHT FINS & TAIL
5.
HOLDING THE RIGHT FINS & TAIL UP TO THE LIGHT AND POSITION THE LEFT FINS & TAIL ON THE BACK OF IT SO THAT THE CUT OUT SHAPE IS ALIGNED WITH THE PRINTED OF THE LEFT FINS & TAIL IMAGE AND GLUE INTO PLACE. CUT ROUND THE SHAPE CUTTING THE WASTE AWAY FROM THE LEFT FINS & TAIL SO THAT YOU HAVE A FINS & TAIL THAT IS COLOURED ON BOTH SIDES
6.
USE A STANDARD OFFICE PAPER HOLE PUNCH TO MAKE A HOLE THROUGH THE TOP FIN WHERE MARKED SO THAT YOU CAN DANGLE YOUR FISH ANYWHERE YOU WANT PUNCH HOLE SO THAT PALE DOT IS IN THE CENTRE OF THE HOLE
LEFT FINS & TAIL
RIGHT FINS & TAIL
DISC TEMPLATES
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