How to Make Fish From Plastic Drink Bottles
- 1). Cover your work area in newspaper. This will save you the headache of cleaning up afterward.
- 2). Use scissors to remove the bottom off the plastic drink bottle. You will want to remove 1 to 2 inches. Save this bottom piece to make the fins for your fish.
- 3). Pinch the end of the bottle together. Flatten it by 2 or 3 inches. Cut out a w-shape. Staple this cut-out piece to the end of the bottle to create the fish's tail.
- 4). Remove and discard the lid from the water bottle. The end of the bottle will be the fish's mouth. Paint the outside of the bottle. Use acrylic paint to add designs and shapes onto your fish.
- 5). Allow the paint to dry. Once the paint dries, apply glue to your wiggle eyes. Attach the eyes to either to top of your fish or the sides of its head (the head is where the lid was located).
- 6). Cut two fins from the bottom of the water bottle. You removed this section at the beginning. Simply cut two decent sized triangles from the plastic.
- 7). Glue the plastic fins to the side of the fish. You can choose to paint the fins or leave them clear.
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