Hello again! Once again, I was looking though pinterest and up popped another idea: Japanese flying carp. Here is the link to the blog: Squirrely Minds. Since I am going to Japan next year I thought that it would be a good idea to try out.
In Japan to celebrate 'boys day' they hang up flying carp like in this picture:
Mine is not so intricate but has a cute effect.
1. Cut circles of tissue paper with a diameter of about 4cm, you can use 4-5 colours (or more or less if you like). Then cut them in half so that you have semi-circles.
2. Start to stick your semi-circles onto your toilet roll in rows to create a scale effect.
3. Carry on doing it until you have something like this:
4. Cut out two circles of white paper and with a felt-tip (or sharpie) draw the pupil.
5. Start cutting strips of your tissue paper (cut or rip quite a lot more than in the picture.).
6. Start to stick them onto the back of your toilet roll layering the strips to get a nice effect.
7. Get some string and knot it onto a stick. Like so:
8. With some tape, stick each side of the string each side of the toilet roll.
Here is my finished result:
Very colourful and floaty, just right for a Summer party.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the lovely comment.... if you made lots of these flying carp and then strung them onto a big piece of ribbon you could hang it up above the table.
DeleteHope that gave some cool ideas xx