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Koinobori fishes

DIY for kids
20 mn-Easy-6 Steps

Head for Japan with these beautiful Koinobori! A fun and colorful DIY to create beautiful garlands with your fishes.

To decorate a child's room, make beautiful colorful Koinobori fish to hang as a garland to celebrate spring.

For this DIY, you will need:

  • Our free downloadable template
  • A pair of scissors
  • A tube of glue
  • Transparent thread
  • Cotton wool or newspaper
Download the template
To decorate a child's room, make beautiful colorful Koinobori fish to hang as a garland to celebrate spring.

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To decorate a child's room, make beautiful colorful Koinobori fish to hang as a garland to celebrate spring.
Step 1: Download, print and cut out the templates following the dotted lines.
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To decorate a child's room, make beautiful colorful Koinobori fish to hang as a garland to celebrate spring.
Step 2: Fold the fish in half and glue the slice in an O shape with your mouth.
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To decorate a child's room, make beautiful colorful Koinobori fish to hang as a garland to celebrate spring.
Step 3: Once the glue dries, insert cotton wool or newspaper into the fish to stuff it.
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To decorate a child's room, make beautiful colorful Koinobori fish to hang as a garland to celebrate spring.
Step 4: Glue the eyes, fins and whiskers, and the mouth band together.
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To decorate a child's room, make beautiful colorful Koinobori fish to hang as a garland to celebrate spring.
Step 5: Make a hole on each side of the fish's mouth and thread the transparent thread through it.
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To decorate a child's room, make beautiful colorful Koinobori fish to hang as a garland to celebrate spring.
Step 6: Repeat with the different templates. Your fish are ready, you can hang them wherever you want!

To decorate a child's room, make beautiful colorful Koinobori fish to hang as a garland to celebrate spring.

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