Swimmy Watercolor Fish Painting

Ocean books are a favorite at our house and we love reading the books and talking about the ocean fish.

The Watercolor Fish is a great painting idea to go with the book Swimmy. And kids of different ages can do this craft and paint their own fish from the story.

And painting inside cookie cutters is a great fine motor painting activity for kids of all ages.

The Swimmy Watercolor Fish Painting is a great addition to the ocean crafts and cookie cutter crafts on the site.

What is Cookie Cutter Painting?

Painting with a cookie cutter is an easy craft for kids to do. This gives a template, and the results are loads of fun.

Fish Watercolor Painting

Fish watercolor painting is painting inside fish cookie cutters with watercolor paints. A fun painting and fine motor activity for kids.

Book to Read with the Ocean Fish Painting

We have been doing a few ocean activities and we love the book Swimmy because it fit right in with what we were doing. This is an easy fish cookie cutter painting activity that multiple ages can do.

What we used to make the Swimmy Watercolor Fish

• watercolors
• Fish cookie cutter
• 12 x 18 watercolor paper
• pencil
• Swimmy

You want to draw a fish on the paper for younger kids, but older kids can; draw their own fish on the paper.

How to Make the Swimmy Watercolor Painting

You are going to see all the steps below we used to make this craft with some suggestions for change if you need them.

Place and Paint Inside the Fish Cookie Cutter

First you are going to pick a stop on the fish to start painting. We started at the head of the fish. But you can really start anywhere when painting with watercolors and cookie cutters.

You hold the cookie cutter in place. You can hold on the sides of the top of the fish cookie cutter. Then you pick a red color. We used the big pallet of colors so we have a few different colors of red.

Keep Painting The Red Fish

You want to keep painting fish until all the fish on the paper is covered. We used watercolor paper, but you can use finger painting paper as well.

You repeat the steps above to paint the fish. And watercolors are very easy to paint the fish over and over.

Painting the Black Fish

After the red fish have made the shape of the fish you then use black paint and paint a black fish to make the eye of the fish.

You follow the same steps that you did for the red fish above.

Paint the Eyes on the Fish

You can also go back and paint the eyes or draw the eyes on the fish.

We used a maker to paint the eyes but you can use black watercolor as well. You can use which ever works best for you.

Here is a look at our final Swimmy Watercolor Paintings

Other Ocean Fish Activities

Also be sure to check out our other Swimmy Activity: Finger Print Fish. It is a fun craft that kids love.

Looking for a fun sensory bin? Check out this Ocean Water Bead Sensory Bin. We have a blast with this one and have done it many times.

Summer Learning: Ocean Week is a No-Prep Printable Summer packs that have five days of printables with a daily list of printables for each day with a mix of language and math activities. You have Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade.

Fish Watercolor Painting with Cookie Cutters is a great mixed ocean fish painting that kids can do. A great extent ion of what they learn painting Swimmy.

Check out all the fun Ocean & Beaches Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.

More Leo Lionni Activities

Swimmy Activities for Kids

Check out all the Swimmy activities:

• Mama Miss- DIY Stamps – Swimmy – Make your own stamps to make a fun swimmy or ocean fish Painting
• Inspiration Laboratories – Fishy Math Practice: Swimmy by Leo Lionni – is a great math practice idea for kids. And loads of fun.
• Toddler Approved – Sticky Fish Craft for Toddlers is great for younger kids looking to make a easy swimmy fish craft.

Little Blue and Little Yellow Activities for Kids

Check out all the Little Blue and Little Yellow activities:

• Growing Book by Book- Little Blue and Little Yellow Sensory Writing
• Lalymom- Little Blue and Little Yellow Twisty Cups for Color Mixing and Story Telling
• Rainy Day Mum – No mess colour theory experiment – A simpel way to work on color mixing with no mess at all.

A Color of His Own Activities for Kids

Check out all the A Color of His Own activities:

• Still Playing School Chameleon Color Change Activity is great to work on color mixing and seeing how the colors change.

Here are some other Leo Lionni books you can check out:

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com