Under the Sea Crafts for Kids
How to Make Fish Crafts and Under the Sea Crafts
Water Bottle Fish, Sock Sea Creatures, Octopus, X-ray Fish, a Math Game, Picture Frame, Puffer
Fish, Fish Toy, Sea Turtle, Wind Mobile, Sponge Painting, Fish
in a Fish Bowl, Changeable
Fish in Water Picture, and a Sea Shell Macaroni Crab.
Fish Puppet Made from Paper Cups
What you will need:
Two 9-oz. paper cups
Scissors
Brass Brads
Googly Eyes
Dot Color Coding Labels - Found at office supply store. You can also use the filler paper reinforcements.
Colored Paper
Low temperature glue gun and glue sticks
Hole punch
How to Make the Paper Cup Fish Puppets:
 1. Cut the white rim off of one of the cups. This one will be used for the tail fins.
2. Punch two holes using a sharp object as close to the bottom of the cup as possible on opposite sides.
3. Punch two holes in the other cup as close to the top as possible on opposite sides.
4. Insert the tail cup into the fish-body cup matching up the holes.
 5. Insert a brass brad into one of the holes on the fish-body cup and through the hole in the matching tail cup. Put your hand inside the tail cup and flatten out the brad. Do the same thing on the other side of the fish. If you do not have brads you can just glue the tail to the inside of the body with a low temp. glue gun.
6. Press the tail cup flat at the edge and cut it in the shape of a fin. Glue it closed with a low temp. glue gun.
7. Cut the side fins from matching paper or card stock, fold down the end, and glue it to the fish.
8. Decorate your fish with dot stickers or anything else you would like.
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Craft Stick Tissue Paper Fish Craft
What you will need:
Jumbo Colored Wood Craft Sticks or Natural Wook Jumbo Craft Stick
15 mm Wiggle Eyes or Larger
Acrylic Patio Paints
and Paint Brushes
Tacky Glue
Pink & Green Leopard Print Tissue Paper
and Animal Print Tissue form Hobby Lobby
Paper
Markers
Gems and other Decorative Items (Optional)
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 How to Make the Craft Stick Fish:
1. Glue the craft sticks together using the pictures to the right as a guide.
2. Decide what tissue paper you would like to use and paint the craft stick fish to match the colors on the tissue paper.
3. Place the painted fish on a piece of paper tracing around the inside of the fish. Cut out the pattern adding one-half inch around the edges. Use the pattern to cut the shape from the tissue paper. Glue the tissue paper to the back of the fish.
4. To finish glue the wiggle eyes to the fish. Add other decorative items such as glitter or gems. Draw lines on the fins with a black marker.
5. Glue a string to the top of the fish to hang.
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Puffer Fish Paper Plate Craft
 Two 6-inch Paper Plates
Kikkerland Polka Dot Paper Straws-Red
Patio Paint
Low Temp Mini Glue Gun
Small Wiggle Eyes
How to Make the Paper Plate Puffer Fish Craft:
1. To make the body place two 6-inch plates together, top to top. Cut three slits evenly spaced about two-inches long around the outside of the paper plate (See diagram).
(A pattern for the puffer fish is available to members.)
2. Seperate the paper plates. Glue the sides of the slits on each paper plate together overlapping them about one inch at the edge making darts. Cut a mouth shape from one of the paper plates and then glue the two paper plates together to make the body.
3. Cut wing shapes from the sides of another paper plate and glue them to the body. (A pattern for the puffer fish is available to members.)
4. Paint the body and wings.
5. Cut the polka dot straws into two-inch lengths. Cut one end of each straw section into a point. Glue the pointed end closed and glue the straight end to the puffer fish body.
6. To finish glue one wiggle eyes.
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Paper Plate Puffer Fish Craft
What you will need:
Two paper plates
Card Stock (Heavy Paper)
Paint
Glue
Scissors
How to Make the Puffer Fish Paper Plate Craft:
1. Fold back the top of a paper plate to make the puffer fish shape.
2. Cut the tail fin and other fins from the sides of another paper plate and glue them to the body paper plate.
3. Paint the fish and fins.
4. When the paint is dry cut spike shapes from card stock and glue them all over the body.
5. To finish glue on googly eyes or paint them on.
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Octopus Melted Styrofoam Cup Craft for Kids
 What you will need:
Two- 8.5 oz. Styrofoam cups , acrylic paint, paint brushes, googly eyes, scissors, and glue.
How to make:
1. Cut the bottom off of one cup and cut slits about 1/2" apart from the bottom edge of the cup to about one inch from the rim.
2. Preheat your oven to 250 degrees (convection oven works best).
3. Place the cut Styrofoam
cup, rim side down, on an old cookie sheet. Turn on the oven light so you can see inside the oven.
You should see the cup start to melt and the sides curl down in about 15 to 30 seconds
or maybe a little longer. As soon as you see the legs start to curl down open the oven door and take out the cup. The cup will not be hot, but be
very careful not to touch the sides of the oven.
Make
sure you turn on your oven vent and you have your windows
open because the fumes from the melting cups probably aren't good
to breath in.
4. Glue the rim of the melted cup to the rim of another cup the same size to make the octopus.
5. To finish paint the octopus with acrylic paint, let dry and glue on googly eyes.
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Spotted Drinking Straw Octopus Craft for Kids
What you will need:
Kikkerland Polka Dot Paper Straws
Low Temp Mini Glue Gun
Small Wiggle Eyes
Craft Foam
Sharpie Fine-Tip Permanent Marker
How to Make the Spotted Octopus:
1. Fold four polka dot straws in half and glue them together at the fold.
2. Print out the Octopus Pattern cut it out and use it as a template to cut two pieces from fun foam.
3. Glue the pieces together at the sides leaving the bottom open.
4. Glue the folded straws inside the octopus body.
5. Use permanent markers to draw spots on the body. To finish glue on wiggle eyes.
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Learn more about puffer fish on Animals Time web site.
Good Children's Books About Puffer Fish
Humpback Whale Paper Plate Craft for Kids
 What you will need: Dinner-sized paper plates, paint, marker, glue, and scissors.
How to Make a Paper Plate Humpback Whale :
1. To make the body of the humpback whale fold a dinner-sized paper plate in half.
2. Print out the patterns for the flukes and flippers and cut them out. Place the fluke pattern in the middle of another paper plate and the flipper pattern on the sides of the fluke pattern. Place the flipper patterns on the paper plate so that the convex edge of the flipper pattern is on the fluted edge of the plate. There is only one flipper pattern so you will have to turn the pattern over and trace it on the other side of the plate to make the other flipper. Cut out the flipper and flukes.
3. Fold the fluke pattern in half, fold up the flukes as shown in the picture, and glue it closed. Glue the fluke to the folded body paper plate as shown in the picture. Glue the body paper plate closed.
4. Fold the end of each flipper and glue them on to each side of the body as shown in the picture.
5. Cut the folded side of the body paper plate so that there is a hump on top of the whale's head as shown in the picture.
6. Visit some web sites with pictures of humpback whales and then paint the whale, let it dry and then draw in details with a marker.
Enchanted Learning Web Site has a printable humpback whale information sheet.
National Geographic has great pictures and information about whales.
American Cetacean Society also has great information about humpback whales.
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Water Bottle Fish Craft for Children
What you will need: Plastic water bottle, tissue paper, scissors, white glue, paint brush, and colored paper.
How to Make the pop bottle fish:
1. Remove the label from the water bottle.
2. Hold the bottom of the bottle with one hand and grasp the bottle about two inches up from the bottom with the other hand. Twist the bottle like you would a balloon to make the tail fin. (See picture to the right)
3. Insert a pen or something long and skinny inside the bottle to punch out any areas that were dented in when you twisted the bottle.
4. Cut pieces of tissue paper into one-inch squares or irregular shapes.
 5. Paint white glue on the bottle and stick the tissue paper squares on the glue to cover the entire bottle.
6. Cut fins from colored paper and glue to the fish to finish.
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Sock Sea Creatures
What you will need:
Socks - Children's stretchy socks in a variety of colors and designs, the stretchier the better. I used socks that were 75% cotton, 22% polyester and 3% spandex from K-mart. They were on sale, 3 pairs for 50 cents, Poly-fil - for stuffing the socks, Tiny rubber bands, Eyes, Scissors, and a low temp. glue gun.
How to make Sock Sea Creatures:
 Sock White Whale
Stuff the a sock almost all the way to the top. Tie off the cuff with a rubber band to make the whale's tail. The top of the head is the heel of the sock. Push in the toe of the sock to make the mouth and glue it shut. Cut fins from fun foam and glue on. To finish glue on eyes.
 Sock Fish
Stuff the a sock almost all the way to the top. Tie off the cuff with a rubber band to make the tail. The top of the head is the heel of the sock. Cut off the toe of the sock, take out extra stuffing, and then roll the cut end up to make the lips. Glue them closed. Cut fins from fun foam and glue on. Add spots with a magic marker, and glue on eyes.
 Sock Octopus
Cut the sock off the heel and cuff of the sock. Stuff the toe with fiber fill and then use a rubber band to tie it off. Cut slits in the top of the rest of the sock for the legs. Glue on eyes and use a magic marker to draw the nose.
See other Sock Creatures.
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Math Fun with X-ray Fish
 Children help the X-Ray find the answer to math problems by moving the X-ray fish picture over another sheet of paper with numbers printed on it until the correct number appears in the bubble. Go to the Educational Math Crafts and Activities Page for direction to this activity.
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"Searching for Treasure" Math Game
 This game can be used for any level. Just write the math problems your child is reviewing on the outside of the oysters. Hide a small treat behind one or more of the oysters. Your child then points to one of the oysters, answers the equation, and opens it up to see if he is correct and maybe find a treasure. Go to the Educational Math Crafts and Activities Page for direction to this game.
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Free Stuffed
Paper Sea Turtle Craft
What
you will need:
Paper, paper glue, scissors,
stapler, crayons or markers, fiber fill, poster board or something
similar.
How to make:
1. Print out the patterns for the turtle's
shell, turtle's
head, flippers and tail
and belly. (Printing Problems?)
2. Cut out the patterns and glue the flippers onto poster board with
paper glue and then cut them out again. Use the stomach and tail pattern
to trace the outline onto poster board and then cut it out.
3. Color all the body parts.
4. Cut the shell at the back, front and sides where indicated.
Fold the flaps back at the fold lines. Turn the shell over and
staple the darts closed on the solid lines. Carefully turn the shell
right side out.
5. Staple the the back and front flippers in place.
 6. To assemble the head fold all the flaps back and then place glue
on flap A. Glue flap A under flap B. Place glue on flap D and glue
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 7. Fold on the dotted lines so that the two triangles at the bottom
are folded up.
8. Staple the shell onto the stomach starting at the back or tail
area. Then staple both sides and fill in all the way around the turtle.
Leave the neck area open and stuff with fiber fill.
9. Staple the head on where indicated and staple the shell to close
it up.
10. To finish fold down the flippers.
The pattern to the right is a little easier than the first pattern. The head is only folded in the center. The shell can be glued to snack-sized paper plates that have been glued together top to top.
Shell Pattern, Head, Feet, and Tail Pattern
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Bubble Wrap Design Sea Turtle Craft for Kids
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What you will need:
Plastic Bubble Wrap - both the small and larger bubbles
Acrylic Paint
Paint Roller or Large Paint Brush - at least 1 1/2" wide
Card Stock - heavy paper
Scissors and Glue |
How to Make the Sea Turtle Craft:
1. Cut the bubble wrap the same size as your paper.
2. Print out the sea turtle patterns onto card stock. (Available to members only.) If you do not have a pattern just draw the parts on the paper.
2. Squirt paint into a container and fill your brush or paint roller with paint.
3. Spread the paint over the bumpy side of the bubble wrap.
4. Place the painted side of the bubble wrap on the pattern paper and press down on the bubble wrap to press the paint onto the paper. Use the large-bubble bubble wrap for the turtle's shell pattern and the small-bubble bubble wrap on the feet and head pattern.
5. Slowly peel the bubble wrap off the pattern paper and let the paint dry.
6. You can add another color over the first color after the first colored has dried.
7. When the paint is dry cut out the sea turtle parts and glue them together.
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Changeable
Fish in Water Picture
Danielle loved this project so much that she had me make a seashore all the way around the edge of the picture. She picked out turtles, and
birds, and frogs to put on the shore. She even had one of the
shore birds standing up.
 What
you will need: Two pieces of blue construction paper, pictures
of fish, glue, crayons or markers, scissors with a wave pattern, scissors,
glue.
How to make:
1. To make the water fold one paper in half. Cut slits about
3/4 of an inch apart using the wave pattern scissors down the length
of the paper starting at the fold. Do not cut all the way to
the end. When you open up the paper you should have slits across
the length of the paper all in a row. Now glue the paper to just another
piece of blue paper around the edges. The children should be able
to stick the fish and boat inside the slits.
2. Print out the sea creature pictures. Have your children color the pictures and cut them out. If
you have children that can draw fairly well, have them draw their
own fish and boat. For younger children you may want to have
the fish and boat pictures already cut out. Just have them
color the pictures and place them in the waves. (Printing Problems?)
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Comments:
(I thought
that this was a cute little thing for my children to do. I thought
that this would look more life like if you glued some sand (gathered
from a beach or local park) to the bottom of the page and perhaps
some tiny seashells you can purchase or find at the beach. Thank
you for all your great ideas Jennifer
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Crab Craft Made with Sea Shell Macaroni
This cute little crab was made from sea shell macaroni and
pipe cleaners.
 What you will need: Sea shell macaroni, pipe cleaners, red paint, glue gun, and tiny sea shells.
How to make:
1. Paint the macaroni red and let it dry.
2. Cut pipe cleaners in half and glue to the under side of the shell.
3. Glue two tiny sea shells to the two front legs for claws.
4. To finish, glue the eyes to the shell.
5. Make a crab habitat by decorating
a small heavy duty paper plate with paint and colored sand or (colored
salt) or maybe some small sea shells or rocks or aquarium rocks.
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Crab Craft Made with Plastic Spoons and Forks
What you will need:
Two regular-sized plastic spoons and forks
Two Mini Plastic Spoons - You can find these at party stores. They are used for cocktails and desserts.
Spray Paint
Low Temp. Glue Gun
Lighter with a Long Handle
Drinking Straw and two black eyes or beads for the eyes.
How to Make The Crab from Plastic Spoons:
1. Cut the handles off the two regular-sized spoons. Melt the cut edges with a lighter just until the plastic is bendable. Bend them slightly to flatten them out so that they fit on top of each other to form the crab's body. You must work quickly because they cool within a few seconds. Glue the two spoons together at the sides (See picture.)
2. Cut the ends off the two forks and heat them up to flatten them. Press them against a table while they are still hot to flatten. Heat up the tines and spread them apart. Glue the fork ends to the bottom of the crab body.
3. To make the pinchers bend the mini plastic spoons where the spoon parts attach to the handles. Heat up the area with a lighter until the spoons ends start to bend. Hold them in place until they have cooled. Glue the pinchers to the body just above the legs.
4. Cut two short pieces of drinking straw and glue them to the body to make the eyestalks.
5. Spray paint the body and then glue tiny black eyes or beads to the end of the straw pieces for the eyes.
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Crab Paper Plate Craft
 What you will need:
Two 9-inch Paper Plates
Two 6-inch Paper Plates
Orange Patio Paint
Orange Card Stock
Orange Bendable Jumbo Straws
Orange Pipe Cleaner
Black Beads
How to Make the Paper Plate Crab Craft:
 1. Cut a three-inch slit from the edge of a 9-inch paper plate toward the center of the plate. Overlap the edges formed by the slit about one inch and glue the together to make a dart.
2. Glue another paper plate around the edge, top to top, to the cut paper plate starting from the opposite side of the slit. Glue around to the sides bringing the edges together. The bottom plate will bend slightly. (See diagram.)
3. Cut around the edge of the bottom paper plate to match the top plate.
4. Glue two 6-inch paper plates together, top to top. Cut claw shapes from the sides. Cut the end off of one claw shape and glue it inside the other claw shape. Glue an orange straw to the claw shape. Glue the other end to the inside of the crabs body paper plates on one side. Make another claw the same way. (A pattern for the claws is available to members.)
5. Glue the body paper plates closed.
6. Draw crab legs onto orange card stock, cut them out, and then glue them to the bottom of the crabs body. (A pattern for the legs is available to members.)
7. To finish cut short pieces of orange straw for the eye stocks and glue them to the body. Glue a black bead to the ends of the eye stocks.
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Pop
Bottle Goldfish Craft
What
you will need: 2 liter empty pop bottle, glue gun with low temp. glue, orange paper 3/4 inch, eyes, or black marker, white glue, Dremel tool or
something to cut the pop bottle string to hang fish.
How to make:
 1.
Remove the little ring left on the bottle when the cap
is removed. With a Dremel tool cut off the bottle
top at the place where the ring was (where the bottle
gets wider).
2. Cut the bottom off the bottle with scissors.
 3. Cut the bottle in the shape of a fish as shown. Squeeze the
cut sides together and glue them together as much as possible
using low temp glue. It doesn't have to be perfect
because it will be covered with paper. Glue a string to
the top of the body so you can hang it up.
4. Tear strips of gold or orange paper one inch wide by about
4 or 5 inches wide. Soak the paper strips in a solution of 1/2
water and 1/2 white glue.
5. Drape the wet paper over the fish body covering the whole
body. You may want to hang up the fish for this process or just
do one side of the fish at a time. Wrap paper over the fishes
lips and tuck into the hole.
6. To finish the body rip paper into small pieces 1" x
1". Soak in glue/water solution. Starting at the
mouth glue pieces on the body overlapping each piece as
you go around and down the body. These will look like
scales.
7. Print out the fin patterns (Pattern
1 and Pattern
2 ) (Printing Problems?) and trace onto the orange paper. Cut them out. Fold
each piece like a fan following the lines on the pattern.
Glue to the body.
8. Glue on the eyes.
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L'oreal
Goldfish Craft
These fish cost less than a dollar to make. The L'oreal
Kid's shampoo bottles come in different colors so you can make
some different types of fish.
 What
you will need: L'oreal kid's shampoo bottle, glue
gun with low temp glue, orange Fun Foam, 3/4 inch eye, or a black
marker.
How to make:
1. Cut two pieces of orange fun foam to cover the L'oreal
labels on the bottle. You can leave the eye showing on
the front of the bottle or cover it and glue on your own eyes.
2. Print out the fin patterns (Pattern
1 and Pattern
2) (Printing Problems?) and trace onto the orange fun foam.
Cut them out and cut slits in the foam where indicated on the
pattern. Glue to the body.
3. Glue on a black string to the top to hang.
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Plastic
Milk Jug Whale Craft
 This whale is easy to make. All you
need is a clean plastic milk jug, a knife and scissors, black
permanent marker and some low temp glue or glue that will work
on plastic.
 How to make:
1. Draw the mouth shape as shown around the bottom of the milk
jug with a marker (use a marker that will wipe off in case you
make a mistake). Poke a whole in the marked line with a knife
so that you will be able to insert your scissors. Cut
out the mouth in one piece. This piece will be used for
the whale's fin.
2. Cut two slits in the screw top so that you will be able to
insert the fin.
3. Shape the mouth piece to cut it into a fin shape as shown
in the diagram.
4. Insert the fin into the two slits you made on the milk jug
and glue it in place.
5. Use a permanent black marker to trace around the mouth, draw
in eyes, and lines on the fin.
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Nancie
Gordom sent me these comments after trying this craft with her
class: I used the whales yesterday and they were a
huge success with both the children and adults. I knew the kidos
would like anything that involved "throw" as Jonah
into the whale. I sprayed mine with silver paint which didn't
take long and worked well. Not only did the kid have a terrific
time I feel sure they will never forget the story of Jonah and
the whale. Thanks for your help Nancie.
Under the See Crafts
Ideas on Other Web Sites:
Ocean
Diorama from Enchanted Learning.com - Just print out the patterns of the whales
and tie them inside a box decorated to look like the sea.
Artist's Helping Kids - Has lots of links to site with Ocean Crafts, Aquatic Crafts, and Sea Life.
Making Friends.com - Has fishing crafts, under the sea crafts, sea life creatures, fish crafts and even a mermaid paper doll. I must see page!
Kaboose.com - has Under the Sea printable coloring sheets.
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