Toilet Paper Roll Valentine’s Day Fish Craft

Looking for a fun and easy Valentine’s Day craft? Look no further than this DIY toilet paper roll fish! This adorable little toilet paper roll fish craft is perfect for decorating your home or office for Valentine’s Day, and it’s so easy to make! The kid will love playing with this little guy all afternoon and they will have a ton of fun making this simple toilet paper roll fish craft.

Valentine’s Day Toilet Paper Roll Fish

If you are looking for a fun and simple craft to make with the kids for Valentine’s Day and you love any chance to make a cute toilet paper roll craft like I do then you are going to love this easy craft. Using empty toilet paper rolls, construction paper, and a few other supplies you are going to make the cutest toilet roll craft that is perfect for Valentine’s Day.

If you are like our house there is what seems like a never ending supply of empty toilet paper rolls. Instead of just tossing them in the trash or the recycling bin I like to use them for the kids to make fun projects. My 6 year old collects all of the empty rolls anytime she sees them or any empty cardboard tubes and stores them in the craft cabinet we have until we are going to make something with them.

Made with simple supplies this toilet paper roll fish craft is perfect for kids of all ages. If the kids want to make more than one it is simple to do and then you can have them make their adorable own school of fish that can be out as cute Valentine’s Day decorations.

After crafting the paper roll fish you can then have the kids play with them or you can hang them up and use these beautiful fish as Valentine’s Day decorations.

Fun toilet paper roll crafts

• Toilet paper mummy craft
• Toilet paper roll reindeer
• Toilet paper turkey
• Toilet paper bunny craft

How Do I Decorate With Paper Roll Fish? 

These fish are so versatile! You can really let your imagination run wild when it comes to decorating with them. Hang them from the ceiling, put them on the mantel, or use them as centerpieces for your Valentine’s Day party. Kids can add them along the edge of their desk or dresser. The possibilities are endless!

How Can Kids Play with Thie Valentine’s Day Toilet Paper Roll Fish?

This is a great opportunity to get the kids involved in some hands-on crafting. They can help with cutting out the fish shapes and painting them. Once they’re dry, the fun really begins! I love when kids can have something to use with imaginative play. This can be used as a puppet or used like an action figure. Kids can incorporate the fish with their other toys or make a school of fish. The fish can swim around the house, on the floor, or even while kids are playing in the tub, although don’t get them wet. Since it is made using a recycled tp roll, it can’t get wet but if it does, kids can just make a new one.

This fish can also be used as part of a study unit on Rainbow fish. As kids read the book, have them create their rainbow fish. Instead of giving away beautiful scales, the kids can give away multiple rainbow fish puppets that they create themselves.

Benefits of Toilet paper roll crafts for kids

There are a lot of benefits of crafting with kids, and toilet paper roll crafts have a lot of benefits for kids.

• Help fin motor skills. Crafting of all types help kids build fine motor skills.
• Grow their imagination. When making crafts it helps kids use their imagination to make their crafts the way they want to.
• Hands on learning. There are many skills that kids learn when they are crafting, learning about different shapes when they are cutting them out, how to use scissors, how to use glue just to name a few.

Can I use paper towel rolls?

Yes, if you do not have any toilet paper rolls then you can use an empty paper towel roll and cut it in half.

Tips for Making this craft

If you do not have any pink paper then you can use paint to make a colorful fish or you can use white paper and have the kids color it different colors.

If you are making this with older kids then you can use liquid glue, if you are making it with younger kids then you will have less mess if you use glue dots.

Valentine’s Day Toilet Paper Roll Fish Tools and Supplies

• 1 Cardboard Roll
• 1 Sheet Pink Paper
• Purple, Red and Pink Crepe Streamer Paper or tissue paper.
• 1 Red Glitter Heart Sticker
• 1 Googly Eye
• black Marker
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue Dots, Glue Stick or Double Stick Tape

How to Make Valentine’s Day Toilet Paper Roll Fish

Cut a piece of pink paper sized to fit all the way around your cardboard roll to cover the entirety of it.

With the marker, draw loose humps along the long side of the paper, to represent the fish scales.

Glue or tape the piece of pink paper to the outer side of the toilet paper roll.

Pinch together a 3-inch long section of purple crepe streamer paper on one side, forming a long fin shape.

Glue or tape this long purple fin to the top center of the cardboard roll.

Pinch together a 1-inch long section of purple crepe streamer paper on one side, forming a short fin shape.

Glue or tape this short purple fin to the side center of the cardboard roll (about ¼ of the way around the roll from the long fin).

Next, Glue or tape the googly eye about 1 inch from the end of the cardboard roll, between the two fins.

Glue or tape the red glitter heart sticker to the end of the cardboard roll, hanging slightly off, with the pointy end of the heart pointed toward the eye.

Cut 1-foot long lengths of the pink, purple and red crepe streamer paper.

Tie the three lengths into a knot in the center.

Stuff the knot into the cardboard roll and tape or glue it in place. Then play!

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