Watch The Fish Swim

How fun is it to build your own aquarium, stocked with the most unique fish -- that actually move?

We made this craft with limited supplies and tons of fun: All we used was old cardboard, green scrap paper, acrylic paint, paintbrushes, glue, tape, a plastic string, beads and of course a googely eye.

We cut our cardboard to "aquarium" size, then cut the waves on the top. After this, we mixed several blues and white to paint the water with a foam brush. I punched one hole each on the left and on the right side.

While this dried, we drew and cut a fish. These, of course, were painted as well and the googely eye was added for the finishing touch. 

Now it was time to add the string. We laid it on the front of the aquarium and pulled it through to the back side. We knotted a bead to the end and pulled the string all the way back, so the bead would be stuck behind the whole on the right hand side of the aquarium. 

Next we pulled the string through the hole on the left and added the fish to the string with tape. We knotted another bead to that end of the string and the fish was ready to explore its new home by being pulled on the string.

The aquarium needed some decoration, so we cut some water plants out of green scrap paper, which we adhered with regular glue.

This piece of aquatic art can be hung on the wall and children can pull the strings to move the fish from left to right.