Handprint Rainbow Fish

What an adorable art project! You are one very creative person and these children are so fortunate to be in your daycare! Many daycares just warehouse the children and make sure that they are fed/safe/dry. It is honorable that you do so much to encourage their imaginations and artistic abilities! Where were you when my children were small?!

those are sooooooo cute I think I will make this with my kids =) I like them alot you are so creative =)

I love 'em! You are so creative! The kids you look after are so lucky they've got you because you enjoy stimulating them mentally. They will definitely have a big advantage over kids who simply get plonked in front of the tv all day, to keep them quiet. And to think that the ages from birth to five are the most crucial in the development of the human brain. Kids at that age are absolute sponges. More power to you, DCP! One activity stimulates several sectors--tactile, visual, counting, colour perception...it's awesome! :-}

Hi daycarepal! I thought I would just put this in a new response, so you could find it easier. :) I want to thank you for the inspiration for the craft. Dear Daddy loved it, and thought it was pretty cool! We gave it to him as a belated father's day gift. :) Please keep these arts and crafts items coming as they keep my kids busy as well as yours! Thank you again!

Daycarepal, I always look forward to your craft projects. My daughter today walked by me, and looked over my shoulder... MOM, Can WE do that? I think we'll make the fish on one of Dad's t-shirts, and tell him he's got fishing gear. :) Don't you think that will work? Thanks for keeping me inspired!

You have applied very good imagination I must say to be able to get the class to come out with such creative artwork. The children must have loved the colour effects too. Great job. Keep the creative juices flowing and stimulate the children's minds! I was looking at the artwork and thinking that if you imprint the hands such that the palm is on top and the fingers below (rather than sideways now), you will get what look like jellyfishes instead of fishes, where the palm is the bell-shaped body of the jellyfish and the fingers are the tentacles. Then the children can draw an animated face on the palm. Maybe you can use this idea in another creative session.

What a Wonderful Idea... I will have to give it a go with my children... You must be a very busy Mother with 5 children, 5 and under, That is wonderful though(I would love to have more but these two of mine keep me busy enough)... Thanks for sharing those Wonderful pieces of Art work and Thanks for the Inspiration...

Nice job the entire credit goes to you.You are such a good motivator.I have heard that to tame the little children is more tedious job than maintaining a classroom of grown up children.You dunnit.All the best.

it's wonderful!! amazing how kids imagine colors and shapes. thecombination is awesome, did they suggest you about the colors? i gues, they did, can you beat the combination!! i guess, they were totally into it and did have fun. i can see their smiling faces. its adorable!!

My sister is a preschool teacher and I forwarded this to her, I hope you don't mind. I taught preschool myself for many years and loved art time. So much fun for me as well as the kids. Did you read the story too? I used to like to do units like that where everything for the week was interconnected.

That was a very cute project and a very appropriate one for young children. Not only they make something pretty that they will be proud of, but you can practice the names of the colors with them and the numbers - of the fingers - and even talk a bit about fish - where they live , locomotion, etc. So it's not only fun but a great learning tool. Great work ! :) I loved the pictures and they should be displayed. NOthing pleases kids more than to see the results of their works displayed :)

Very adorable and imaginative. When I was teaching mommy & me, we made handprint turkeys for Thanksgiving which are really easy to do. We also made fish by taking plain white paper plates. You cut a triangle piece out of one side and staple or glue it onto the other side. What you have is the shape of a fish with a fishtail on one end and a cut out for a mouth on the other. Little ones can use stickers to decorate it and older kids can paint their fishes. You can punch a hole in the top and put a string through to make it a mobile.

I can't see them!

They look very good, I will try and teach this to my nephew, I didn't know we could learn these things also on mylot.

wow they turned out awesome, you are very creative.

Those are so adorable! I bet the children had a lot of fun doing them too. Anything having to do with paint on the hands, and they are the happiest little campers in the world. LOL

They are great and what imagination. I have not seen hand paintings like this before and straight away you can imagine them doing something the same but making them into butterflies - 2 hands palm together- fantastic.

Hi daycarepal, Only few people like you have the great opportunity to enjoy with children of 2 to 5 years old children. If at all on our beautiful planet something that give real happiness is dealing with children. Our neighbour is doctor and his daughter such a intelligent child, I can not describe it. Our whole family was very happy when she comes to our house. She was only 2.5 years old but her presence in our house make every one of us happy. The way she speaks, how intelligent she answers. Now she is in London. I tell you one example. When his father decided to go to UK for further study, we asked her where is LONDON. Immediately she replied "it is in Chamber" meaning her father's chamber in our place. At once we all laughed. She understood that her answer was wrong. Next day I asked her the same question. Immediately she said it is in U.K. While answering she also added that I got the answer from my grandma. Only lucky people get the opportunity to enjoy with young children. Have a nice day.

You sure do have a lot of creative ideas...These are lovely..

Aww, that is so adorable! Seems like a fun project, I'll try to remember this for when I have kids :)