How To Make A School Of Fish Mobile

This post, How To Make A School Of Fish Mobile, might be just the thing to keep the kids busy while you prep for Passover? But what do fish have to do with Passover, you might ask? Fish are a wonderful sign for the crossing of the Red Sea, which we celebrate on Shvi Shel Pesach, the 7th night of Passover. So while fish are not particulalry relevant for the Passover Seder, they are great to have on hand to add some excitement at the other end of Passover! Make them now, and hang them just before the 7th night of Passover, from the chandelier in my case, or even better in a doorway to re-enact the crossing of the Red Sea! (Maybe together with some blue streamers hung vertically?) And friends, fish are such a universal Jewish symbol that you can pack these away and enjoy for Rosh HaShana, and Purim! Or, you could make a mobile for a child’s room to enjoy year round? Okay, let’s do it!

Supplies For School Of Fish Mobile:

• recycled cardboard, with no printing on either side, or minimal printing like lines or a pattern of some kind

• gold adhesive paper or preferably round gold stickers

• my how to make cardboard fish with golden scales tutorial, make sure to cut fish with lines of corrugated cardboard running vertically if you want to easily insert hanging string. Then again horizontally might actually work better as string will be held by cardboard, hmm.

• very thin gold wire, fishline or strong thread

• large long upholstery needle, a great thing for crafting in general

School Of Fish Mobile Instructions:

1. Create fish according to tutorial linked in supplies section. For a successful mobile like mine you will need at least fifty fish. Of course you can make a mobile with as few as 15, but the “school of fish” look only works with a large quantity.
2. Hang from a round hoop, creating vertical strings of different lengths. I simply wrapped the wire around each fish, and then with a long needle inserted the wire through the corrugated section of each fish. See what works for you.
3. Create vertical strings with 3 or 4 or 5 fish each, but at varying heights.
4. Assemble and enjoy!

Using the natural cardboard color makes this craft neutral and obviously a recycling craft, but of course you can choose to paint the fish, decoupage them, or make them from colored cardboard. Enjoy!