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Here are some fishy crafts you can make with clay. These crafts were created by my friend, Linda Ragsdale, who makes drawing easy with her “Amazing Step-by-Step Art Card Studio” Series. Check it out at http://www.lindaragsdale.com/

Click here for the first fishy project

Click here for the second fishy project

Click here for the third fishy project

Click here for the fourth fishy project

Click here for the seahorse project

Click here for the step by step seahorse project

We've stepped out the seahorse craft so you can see how to make these

activities with clay. You can press your flattened clay pieces onto a

5" x 6" piece of stiff paper or cardboard, put it in a ziploc bag & you

now have a clay relief picture!

You will need:

Play-Doh or some other air dried clay
A 5x6 piece of stiff paper like poster board or watercolor paper
A Ziploc sandwich bag
Texture sheet like a potato or onion bag, toy truck tires, anything that will leave a texture in clay!

1. Roll a ball of clay in your hands for 20 seconds to soften it. Sing a verse of “Row,row,      Row your boat” while you roll and your clay will be ready at the end of the song!
2. Flatten your piece of clay either by rolling it with a pencil or using your hands.
3. Cut out the pattern pieces, leaving the picture of the fish as your reference art.
4. Place the pattern pieces on your clay & cut around them.
5. Assemble your fish on your poster board & press the clay down to stick to the paper.
6. Press textures into your fish & decorate it any way you like.
7. You can even add a background with clay or markers!
8. Put your craft in your Ziploc bag & show your parents!