Colorful Woven Fish
I've been making woven paper fish to prepare for an activity I will be hosting next week. We're going to be making fishing line bookmarks. The bookmarks will be a reminder about our communities and this quote: "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life." Part of this project is also cultural. In Pacific Asian countries it is very common to find weaving and crafts with palm or coconut fronds. Here are the two tutorial videos that I used as my references. Woven Paper Fish Tutorial from azulchromis Woven Palm Frond Fish I didn't have a paper trimmer so i used an Exact-o knife and scissors to cut the strips from DCWV Border Stack Textured Yardstick Brights This was really good training for cutting straight lines, but after all the paper i cut, for efficiency I will be investing in to a scrapbook paper trimmer from Fiskar. For the large fish I used 12 in. x 3/8 in. strips. For the small fish, I cut the exist