How to make Pistah Shell Aquarium

Curious to know how to make a pistah shell aquarium? Let’s do this craft in an easy way using Monkey Pen’s step-by-step guide. 

Step 1: Take a plain, white circular paper. 

Step 2: Now, using a blue crayon, paint the paper. Shade the lower half darker and the upper half a bit lighter

Step 3: This is the result after shading.

Step 4: Take some pistah shells.

Step 5: Take some glue and start applying it on the lower side. i.e., darker area.

Step 6: Apply it uniformly over the darker portion.

Step 7: Now take one pistah shell and paste it over the glue.

Step 8: In the same way, paste the other pistah shells too randomly over the glue, leaving a tiny gap.

Step 9: Now take the glue and start applying it in a few places like dots.

Step 10: After placing dots, the craft looks like this. 

Step 11: Take one pistah shell and paste it over the dot.

Step 12: Similarly, paste remaining pistah shells too.

Step 13: Now take a brush dipped in grey paint.

Step 14: Use the brush to paint the bottom portion grey. Now it looks like an aquarium surface with pebbles.

Step 15: Now dip the brush in red color and start painting it red.

Step 16: You have colored one pistah shell red. 

Step 17: Color the other pistah shells too using red and yellow alternatively and one using black too. Add fins and a tail for the fishes using the same color.

Step 18: Now take the green color and, using a brush, draw curved designs.

Step 19: Draw curved designs randomly over the pistah shell surface to show plants grown.

Step 20: Now take the yellow color and, with a brush, highlight some greener areas using vertical designs.

Step 21: Using white color, draw a narrow vertical line on the black fish, between the fins.

Step 22: Similarly, add white highlights as patterns to the other fish as well. A wonderful pistah shell aquarium is ready to display.