Rosh HaShana Symbols Mobile Or Wall Hanging Craft
Dusting this one off and sharing it again, just as I was thinking about painting a fish or two or three?
Rosh HaShana starts on Monday night, yet there is still time to whip up a few fun decorations to add extra meaning to your holiday. Or maybe you are celebrating at someone else’s home and would love a fun way to add a special holiday touch to a bottle of wine or wrapped gift? Here is it my friends, simply paint some whimsical shapes that look like a fish, a carrot, a pomegranate, a beet, a gourd, and an apple for starters, and either use them together to make a mobile, or use them separately as gift tags, place markers, cupcake or cake toppers, or you name it!
As you may have figured out by now, I am all for crafts and creativity that use the simplest of materials and therefore the most creativity. And you know what, generally the results are also the most heartfelt. Got it? So get out those paints and enjoy, because quite honestly just applying color to paper is so very very satisfying and a great way to jump start your family’s (or your) creativity! Ready?…….
You’ll Need:
- watercolor paper or any heavy enough paper for your paints
- paints, I used gouache, you can use acrylic paint or watercolors as well
- a find black permanent marker
- a white gel pen (optional)
- a pencil
How To:
Start with the fish and i recommend looking at a basic line drawing of a fish in order to get it right. Also if you’d like to make a mobile, the fish should be much larger than the other elements, so keep that in mind. My fish is maybe a trout or something like that, and I did include all the fins that would be anatomically correct, thus giving this fish a nice silhouette. Use a pencil and erase where necessary to get it right. Draw your first fish on a piece watercolor paper/cereal box, cut it out and use it as a stencil to trace around. Save this fish as it will surely come in handy again!
I drew my design on the fish with the fine black marker, painted the design and then went over my black lines once again and added white details with the white gel pen. Do what works for you!I drew the other shapes with pencil, painted them and then cut them out, adding additional details were relevant with the black fine line marker and black paint.
Now, decide what to do with your fun shapes. Make a mobile by hanging all the shapes from your fish, say in my case in 2 vertical rows, or make a wall hanging of some kind by hanging the shapes from a length of string. Whatever you do with them it will be a winner!
