This Father’s Day card was inspired by Mark’s fish tank! To make your own, fold a sheet of construction paper in half as shown.
I cut some blue construction paper and made waves for water on the top edge. Emily used some masking tape to adhere it to the paper.
Lookin’ good!
Next, we used color coding labels and cut them up to look like fish!
Use a marker to add the eyes (eyelashes are optional), bubbles, fins, etc. Aren’t they so cute??
Don’t forget to add a special Father’s Day message on your card to give to Dad!
So colorful, and so much fun!!
June 7th, 2010 on 8:33 am
That is, and my what fine motor skills to get that fish cut out. Did she do it all by herself?
June 7th, 2010 on 8:35 am
Very cute.
June 7th, 2010 on 8:36 am
Hmmm…I think I see a Pacman Father's Day card idea in there, too.
June 7th, 2010 on 11:35 am
@ An Almost Unschooling Mom — That's exactly what Emily wanted to do afterwards! She played Pacman on Google and loved it!
June 7th, 2010 on 11:36 am
@ Ticia — I showed her how to cut one of them, and she did all the rest!
June 7th, 2010 on 12:03 pm
Stinkin cute!
and I love the pacman idea too. You guys are genius.
Love Val
June 7th, 2010 on 1:50 pm
Wow, I was thinking the same thing as Ticia that Emily's fine motor skills must be superb from all the artwork and crafting.
This is an extremely cute idea.
June 7th, 2010 on 8:21 pm
very sweet card. love it!
June 7th, 2010 on 8:27 pm
If we were do make a card like this, it DEFINITELY would need some green fuzz (algae)added to represent how often we DO NOT clean our fish tank…
June 7th, 2010 on 11:00 pm
Love this idea…and I have to say…I love the picture of you jumping on the couch!
June 7th, 2010 on 11:15 pm
@ Wonder Mom — We had an algae eater once, and I'm pretty sure it ate itself to death. Mark's pretty good about cleaning it, but it builds up soooo quickly sometimes!
June 7th, 2010 on 11:15 pm
@ Sherri — Awww… thanks! I highly recommend jumping on the couch!! Great stress relief!
June 7th, 2010 on 11:19 pm
@Wonder Mom — I use a razor blade to scrape off the algae every few weeks. It grows quite quickly, and my algae eater is lazy.
June 8th, 2010 on 11:48 pm
These are the cutest ever!!! I am just getting back into the blogging thing after my break and I am so glad because we are definately making these for father's day. And by the way congrats on winning the Stonyfield contest you sooooo very much deserve it!!!!!!
June 9th, 2010 on 8:48 am
As always, you rock. And I can see that you love those $1 labels – you have so many wonderful uses for them.
June 11th, 2010 on 11:51 am
Cute idea. Have a great weekend.
June 13th, 2010 on 3:58 am
looks cute, she did a great job!
July 12th, 2010 on 10:06 pm
Check out how your card inspired out fish picture: http://makesthree.blogspot.com/2010/07/art-projects-inspired-by-frugal-family.html