How To Make Cardboard Cut-Out Fish With Unique String Details

Introducing how to make cardboard cut-out fish with unique string details, because this year my Purim crafting seems to be all about fish! I’ll be using these fun cardboard fish as gift tags for my mishloach manot (gifts of food on Purim) and likely together with a second tag with the to/from message so as to enjoy the fish from both sides, which are actually identical. I actually saw this idea as a yarn wrapped fish of sorts, maybe as a crafty kid’s activity, but I had to take it up a notch and came up with this geometric solution. Of course, one could make large fish in the same way and weave yarn or paper across vertical strands of yarn! Actually wish I had time to try that, maybe next year? (Holding an open house tomorrow night with all of my student’s work for Purim, and still so much to do, as the ambitious teacher ends up hot gluing for hours……but not complaining, the results are fabulous and the students are learning lessons for life!) Okay, lets make some string art cardboard fish!

Supplies For Cardboard Fish Cut-Outs:

•recycled cardboard, thin corrugated or thick non-corrugated cardboard, with no printing on either side

• gold yarn or string, mine is size 8 crocheting floss

• scissors, a pencil, a black pen

Instructions For Cardboard Fish Cut-Outs:

1. Draw several fish on a piece of cereal box cardboard, and pick the best ones to use for this craft. Cut out and use as a template for tracing around the shape to easily produce multiples.
2. Trace around fish shape onto corrugated cardboard and cut out fish.
3. Draw eye and lips with a black pen.
4. Cut 4 or five pairs of matching slits on the top and bottom of each fish.
5. Insert string into first slit and wrap around the fish to get the pattern shown. You can choose to wrap the vertical strings first along the length, and then do the slanted pieces, or both as you go, just give it a try and be sure to look at the other side to make sure you haven’t missed any sections. You will need to double up in some sections to do this one length of string, as you can see in my photos, but this is just fine!
6. Use these fish for a mobile, place cards, gift tags, a school of fish wall hangins or even fridge magnets?

Enjoy this craft and think about recycling colored cardboard to make fun colorful versions!

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