Make a Fish from a Chinese Red Packet
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Use your leftover red packets from Chinese New Year to make a fish as a decoration for your home. Just follow this four step guide to make a simple fish. For a more complex fish, watch the video below.
Steps
- Get one red Chinese envelope.
- Cut the envelope into a square.
- Cut a straight line from any one point of the red packet. Do not cut the red packet in half, just halfway.
- Place your penknife/cutter into the red packet and cut open the 3 closed sides to split the red packet into 2 if you want to make 2 fish.
- NOTE: The step is doable, but you end up with one colorful fish and one dull one.
- Put both ends of the 'tail' together and staple them together.
- Poke a hole through the upper fin using a needle and pull a thread through the hole.
- Tie a knot on the end.
- Finished.
Video
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Tips
- You can make a 'mouth' for the fish by cutting a little bit off the front.
- You can draw eyes for the fish using the pen.
- Hang the fish at different levels if you're planning to place them all of together.
Warnings
- Be careful when using sharp objects.
Things You'll Need
- A square red packet
- Scissors
- Stapler
- penknife
- Needle and thread
- Pen
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