Paper Plate Aquarium Porthole
Decorate your space for some creative play when creating a colorful underwater porthole using paper plates!
Materials
- 25 Pack Assorted Paint Brushes
- Neon Fuzzy Sticks
- Melty Beads Ultimate Kit
- Acrylic Paint Jars, 24 Assorted colors
- Wiggly Eyes 7mm
- Foam Sheets
- Craft Glue
- Scissors: Heavy duty and craft scissors
- Acetate or clear plastic sheet
- 2 Heavy Weight Paper Plates
Instructions
| Step 1. Gather your supplies.
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| Step 2.
Have an adult use heavy duty scissors to cut a large hole in the middle of a paper plate, as shown. |
| Step 3.
Turn the cut plate over and paint it silver. Paint the middle of another plate light blue, which will represent water. |
| Step 4.
Make a few sea creatures for the porthole. Click here to learn how to make these designs. |
| Step 5.
Twist some Fuzzy Sticks into interesting shapes to look like pieces of colorful coral. |
| Step 6.
Glue brown and tan Melty Beads along the bottom edge of the blue plate to create sand for the ocean floor. |
| Step 7.
To complete your underwater scene, glue the sea creatures and coral to the blue plate. Tip: don’t glue any of your shapes on the rim on your plate. |
| Step 8.
Trim a piece of plastic acetate so that it is a little larger than the hole in the silver plate. Turn the silver plate over and glue the acetate to the plate, as shown. Acetate is a clear material which can be purchased directly from an office supply aisle or recycled from packages for toys, tools or other plastic covered items. |
 | Step 9.
To finish the porthole, glue silver pony beads around the opening to look like nuts and bolts. To display, hang the porthole on a wall and pretend you are on an underwater adventure! |
