Make this fun, easy bathroom decoration using a bar of soap and a washcloth.
Materials:
Washcloth
Felt for fins and eyes
Oval scented soap for fish
Raffia
Moveable eyes
glue gun
Skewer
Bar of soap for stand
Place the soap on the washcloth just to one side of the center (Fig. 1).
Fold the washcloth in half covering the soap.
Take both ends of the folded side and bring them together inside the folded washcloth (Fig. 2).
Gather the washcloth around the soap (Fig. 3)
Tie with a piece of raffia. Trim ends of raffia close to the knot (Fig. 4).
Cut a circle of felt slightly larger than the moveable eye. Glue movable eye to felt circle. Repeat with other eye. Glue both eyes to fish.
Cut 3 fins from felt. Glue one to the top of the fish and the other two to each side of the bottom of the fish.
You can make a stand by pushing a skewer up through the bottom of the fish. Push the other end of the skewer through the flat side of another bar of soap.
This is my first time in the crafters community and I think I'm really going to enjoy the experience. I work with the seniors ministry at my church and we will be doing the washcloth fish on tomorrow. This is a darling project for them and I can hardly wait until tomorrow.
It is a really good and simple idea. I had my sunday school class (4-6 yrs old) make something similar to this and they loved it! It's also fun to use different colors with the washcloths such as a peach or blue.
05-25-2008 09:13 AM
Re: Washcloth Fish 
Re: Washcloth Fish 
