Underwater Porthole

Use circles and triangles to make a porthole looking through an underwater scene.	Safety Tips Kids 8 years and younger should use child-safe scissors. Wash hands thoroughly after finger painting. Keep the knife out of children's reach. Watch out for this sign . It means an adult's help is needed for the particular step.
Materials White construction paper Craft foam Poster paint Plastic plate Scissors Glue stick Sponge brush or kitchen sponge Potato Knife Chopping board Compass or any object to make a circle

Steps

	1.	Draw and cut a big circle on construction paper, roughly about 1 foot in diameter. Use a sponge brush to paint the circle blue. The sponge creates a great underwater effect.
		If you don't have a sponge brush, you can use a kitchen sponge or bath sponge.
	2.	Slice potato into wedge-shaped sticks.
	3.	To make colorful seaweed and corals, dip the base of a potato wedge on poster paint and stamp long chains of triangles starting from the bottom of the circle going upwards.
	4.	Make a porthole frame by drawing a circle on craft foam. The frame should be as big as, or slightly larger than your painted circle.
	5.	Draw a smaller circle inside the first one.
	6.	Cut out the circle including the inner circle so that you come up with a round frame.
	7.	Cut smaller craft foam circles and glue these around the frame.
	8.	Glue the circular frame on top of your painted circle.
	9.	To make the fishes, cut triangles from craft foam. For each fish, cut a big triangle for the body, 2 smaller triangles for the fins, and 1 triangle for the tail. Put the triangle parts together by gluing the fins and tail on the body.
	10.	Flip the fishes over so that the glued parts are at the back.
	11.	Glue the fishes onto your underwater scene.
	12.	Finger paint the fishes's eyes and mouth. You can make some bubbles too!
	13.	Continue finger painting designs on your fishes or you may try using the wooden tip of a paint brush to make the finer details. When you're happy with your underwater scene, set the picture aside to dry.
	14.	Your porthole can give your room a nice underwater view!