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Ocean Art
Contact_FullName: AMY N. Contact_Email: AMYNORELIUS@PRESSENTER.COM Area: OCEANS OR BEACH Idea: PLASTIC BAGGIE JELLYFISH: USING A REGULAR SANDWICH BAGGIE (NO ZIPPER TOPS) PREP THEM BY FILLING THEM WITH AIR AND CLOSING OFF THE TOP WITH TAPE OR A RUBBER BAND. KIDS CAN DECORATE INFLATED BAGGIE WITH PERMANENT MARKERS AND THEN CUT EIGHT STRIPS OF COLORED CURLING RIBBON TO DESIRED LENGTHS. ATTACH TO BAGGIE WITH SCOTCH TAPE AND HANG FROM CEILING. THEY LOOK TERRIFIC AND IT IS A GREAT ACTIVITY FOR OLDER PRESCHOOLERS WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN CUTTING AND USING TAPE! Contact_FullName: AMY N. Contact_Email: AMYNORELIUS@PRESSENTER.COM Area: OCEANS OR BEACH Idea: SAND PAPER PRINTS: GIVE EACH CHILD A PIECE OF MEDIUM TO HEAVY WEIGHT SAND PAPER AND HAVE THEM COLOR ON IT HEAVILY WITH CRAYONS. (GREAT WAY TO USE OLD CRAYONS AND ALSO WORKS GREAT WITH SPARKLE CRAYONS) WHEN DONE, THE TEACHER CAN LAY THE SANDPAPER FACE UP AND COVER WITH A PIECE OF WHITE OR LIGHT COLORED PAPER. PRESS WITH A WARM IRON TO MAKE THE TEXTURED CRAYON DESIGN TRANSFER TO PAPER. THESE MAKE A GREAT BACK DROP FOR OTHER ART PROJECTS OR JUST LOOK COOL BY THEMSELVES. KIDS LOVE WATCHING THE TRANSFORMATION. Contact_FullName: Sharee Contact_Email: Pig1979let@aol.com Area: ocean-art Idea: A fun idea we did with our four year olds was to make beaches in a bottle. We provided bottles, sand, water, shells and a funnel. The children poured in the sand that they desired, some shells and them water. We glued the cap on the bottle and the finished product is a child made ocean! Contact_FullName: Michele Contact_Email: bo01228@aol.com Area: Beach-Art Idea: I had my two year olds paint a paper plate red. When they dried we folded them in half and stapled 4 strips of red paper on each side to make a crab. Then the children glued on wiggle eyes to complete the crabs. Contact_FullName: Marcy Contact_Email: mporter@columbus.rr.com Area: ocean Idea: Easy Sand Art - using regular table salt and food coloring plus baby food jars. First mix in food coloring with regular table salt. Do not use much food coloring since it will make the salt too wet and not absorb. Once complete, start layering the colored salt into baby food jars. The kids can help make the colored salt. (I have used this idea at several birthday parties and in my classroom) Contact_FullName: Megan Contact_Email: mmh@ilu.com Area: Ocean or Beach Art Idea: Cut a fishbowl shape out of white construction paper and several fish shapes out of sponges. Have the children color the paper blue with crayons. Once done coloring dip sponges in paint then press onto fishbowl. This looks like a really cute fishbowl that almost looks real! Contact_FullName: Richelle Contact_Email: myhomz4kidz@aol.com date:: 5/16/06 Area: Fishing/Fish/Ocean Theme Idea: Make a fish tank... You take a Styrofoam meat packaging and use bleach water to disinfect it. Then paint the inside light blue like water, let dry then glue fish, starfish and seaweed inside (made from construction paper). When all done, place Saran wrap over it to make it look like glass on the front. Now you have your very own fish tank to take home. Contact_FullName: Heather
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Contact_FullName: Carol Contact_Email: jawjafilly@aol.com date:: 09/01/03 Area: Beach or Sea Life Idea: This is a great texture starfish! I purchased wooden stars, not the straight five pointed ones, they have a little curve to them. I mixed some tempera paint to make a coral color. The children painted a star. Then in a plastic container we added Elmer's glue, the rest of the coral paint and white rice. I let the children help add the ingredients and stir. Then we put each star on a piece of wax paper. They then take a spoon and spoon the rice mixture onto the star. With their fingers they shape the rice to the points of the star. This will begin to dry quickly, tell them to push down on the rice so it will adhere to the wooden star. When they are dry you can add wiggly eyes and a magnet on the back for a cute starfish magnet! We have a metal door so we have a door covered in starfish. Contact_FullName: Manora Contact_Email: Manora@Maark.org date:: 4/21/03 Area: Ocean life or shells Idea: Make Sally the seashell with two shells and eyes (hot glue them), help children make up stories. Can make a book with the stories for each child with the title page as “Sally the seashell tales” author/illustrator as the child. Contact_FullName: Lisa Contact_Email: jlthomp@thegateway.net date:: 03/18/03 Area: ocean-art Idea: I cut out large shapes of dolphins out of poster board and let the kids paint them blue or gray. I let them glue on a large black button for the eye. Simple and nice! Contact_FullName: Lisa Contact_Email: jlthomp@thegateway.net date:: 03/18/03 Area: ocean-art Idea: I let the kids stuff white lunch sacks with newspaper. I stapled shut and then cut (the original open end) the end to look like a whale tail and then re-stapled it as needed. The children then painted it gray and glued on a large wiggle eye on each side of the front area. I drew a mouth and it was sooo cute and the kids and parents both loved it! Contact_FullName: Crystal Contact_Email: aisling78@aol.com date:: 12-10-02 Area: Ocean - Art Idea: Octopus Painting This takes some prep, but is worth it. Tie the thumb of a latex glove in a knot, then turn the glove inside out. Do the same with a second glove. Fill both gloves with water or sand so they are still squishy, not firm. Tie the wrists of the gloves in a knot, & secure with a rubber band if needed. This is your "octopus". Pour paint into a shallow container, and have the children dip their octopus into the paint and "swim" it all over their paper. My kids (2's & 3's) loved this activity. Contact_FullName: Margo Contact_Email: margo012@aol.com date:: 08/04/02 Area: Sea Life Idea: * small paper plates * plaster of paris * small shells * fish and sea life shaped confetti * blue glitter or sand Pour enough plaster of paris to fill bottom of plate (we used blue plates). Sprinkle on glitter or sand and place small shells and sea life shapes onto plaster. Allow an afternoon to dry. We called them "God's Blue Ocean". This makes a great sensory project. Contact_FullName: Missy Contact_Email: mhooks@firstmethodist-houston.org date:: 03/14/02 Area: ocean art Idea: This is a so cute & so easy & so cheap shark to make: Take a legal size envelope. Lick it shut. Slit open the end of one the short sides so that you can insert your hand into it. On the other short side, cut out a triangle like an open mouth >. Now take the triangle and glue it sticking up from the top of the envelope for the dorsal fin. Add eyes, teeth and color. Kids can stick their little hands inside and it makes a puppet. Contact_FullName: Lynn Contact_Email: Bilbreys5@aol.com date:: 1/30/02 Area: Ocean Idea: Ocean in a Jar - Need a Jar-- Sand--Jewels--Seashells--& Blue colored water. Fill jar with the first four then add water. Finish by gluing a shell to top of lid and put tie raffia around. Write the child's name followed by Island on the jar with a paint pen. (ex. Brandons Island). They love taking them home! Contact_FullName: Elizabeth Contact_Email: acook@cinci.rr.com date:: 01/18/02 Area: ocean Idea: Decorated Shells I purchased the largest shell style noodles I could find. They are the kind you would use to make stuffed shells. I then allowed the kids to decorate them with markers. We used paint markers but regular washable ones worked too. We discussed how each shell is different in the ocean just like each of their shells was different. The shells did not break as easily as I expected and were about the size of a childs fist, plenty of room to decorate. They were very enthused to do this in my 3's class.
ideaStarfish: Cut a large starfish shape from white paper. Have kids paint shape with watercolors, then sprinkle coarse salt on top. Dry flat, brush off dried salt. Salt leaves beautiful marks on the paint.
ideaFor a fun, easy fish project, I set out zip-loc bags (the smaller size), blue hair gel, fish (cut out of clear plastic sheets), wiggle eyes, glue and permanent markers. I invited the children to decorate a fish any way they liked with the markers. They also glued on wiggle eyes to either side of the fish. When the glue dried, the children put their fish into a zip-loc bag and squeezed the hair gel into the bag. When they had finished, they sealed the bag shut and we hung the "fish in water" on windows around the room. The children really enjoyed this!
3-12-01We made octopus balloon animals in class and the children decorated them. I had all of the balloons blown up ahead of time and let the children watch me make the octopuses. I learned how to make them from the web site http://www.angelfire.com/hi3/PamsPlace/balloons/ After I was finished making them, the children glued paper punch dots on the head to make eyes, nose and a smile face. We had fun play time later. Be careful using balloons with small children, though.
2-5-01For our ocean unit we make our own take home aquariums. First we finger paint blue on large white paper. The more swirls and twirls the better. While the paint is still wet we sprinkle silver glitter all over the page. Next the children each get two fish shapes made out of white paper. We make each fish different by dropping water colored with food coloring all over the fish. The science droppers are the best to use for lots of fine motor work. When the paint dries we glue the fish to the water and add colored shell macaroni and sand to the bottom.
10-7-00Rainbow Fish 1 white paper plate Draw and cut out fish fins and a fish tail. A large fin on one end of the plate and a smaller fin on the opposite side of the plate. And of course the tail on the end of the fish. Tear into small pieces various colors of construction paper. Glue fins to plate and draw a fish eye on the plate. Glue the little pieces on the plate for scales. Sprinkle glitter on one of the fins. Now you've made your own Rainbow Fish. Have a swimmin good time.
10-3-00During oceans week our students make sandpaper seahorses. First you cut out a shape of a seahorse out of fine sandpaper, or if they are old enough they can do it themselves. Next children decorate their sandpaper with crayons. You must have the children press hard as they color. They can decorate it with many different colors. Next the teacher takes the finished product and lays it face down on a piece of construction paper. With light heat run an iron over the back, this melts they crayon onto the paper making a very neat sandpaper seahorse. Just be very careful that the teacher is the only one to handle the iron and there is close supervision. You can also do this project with other sea animals like fish or whales.
9-8-00Glue Cheerios to a an octopus pattern. You can talk about the letter O, count his legs, and count the number of Cheerios to put on each leg.
8-21-00We make bubble fish to review colors during our underwater unit. Mix a little food coloring with some bubbles and let the kids blow colored bubbles onto large fish shapes cut out of white paper or cardboard. once we have finished blowing our bubbles, we talk about what colors we used and what colors we made. the fish then make excellent decorations for the rest of our unit.
7-30-00We take a paper plate and cut a scoop out of the top (so it looks like a fish bowl!). Have the child color the plate blue and glue on Pepperidge Farm fish crackers!
7-28-00 Here's a fun way to create ocean animals... try covering a starfish shape with glue and dusting it with sand for a neat textured appearance. Another idea to create a sea urchin is to cut apart an egg carton into single cup sections, cover the curved side w/ glue and roll in grass seed for a 3-D texture of urchin spines.
7-24-00For oceans I had all different colors of sea animals. I let my two year olds glue them down as we talked about them. Then, we put blue saran wrap over the picture to make it look underwater! Its a pretty b-board!
7-21-00Fish: Have children glue large sequins on fish cut out of construction paper (represents scales). Then for the dorsal, pelvic and caudal (tail) fins, glue crepe streamers.
7-20-00Make an ocean scene using white paper, blue finger paint, sand, seashells and ocean clip art. Finger-paint entire paper blue and add sand along the bottom for the ocean floor. Let dry overnight. Color, cut and glue various ocean clip arts to the scene. Glue small seashells to the sand. Makes an awesome picture.
7-15-00Ocean in a Bag...Squirt blue toothpaste into Ziploc bags. Seal and allow children to squish the paste around in the bag until the entire surface is covered with blue. Then close the bag and have the children to stick ocean stickers on the outside of the bag. in a pinch if you can't find the right stickers, just cut out fish shapes and glue onto the bag. The room will smell nice and minty. Plus, the parents really adored the project hung in the room!
7-15-00Provide starfish shapes for the children to cut out. Then let the children dip a piece of bubble wrap into paint and paint the underside of their starfish. The bubble wrap mentioned is the kind you would wrap a breakable piece of mail in. This gives the starfish "suckers"! Another way of using the bubble wrap is just to glue it onto the underside of the starfish instead of painting.
7-15-00I cut 2 pieces of newspaper into the shape of a crab. Then I stapled them together leaving about a two inch gap. The children stuffed their crabs with newspaper and then painted them red. When they were dry, we glued on googly eyes and twisted pieces of newspaper for their legs. We also glued on big red pinchers.
7-15-00Cut out the shape of any ocean animal. Also cut out the inside of the animal leaving about a half an inch of paper. Then let the children paste tissue paper of different colors onto wax paper. When this is dry, allow them to glue the shape of their animal over the wax paper. Stick up on window, makes a beautiful stained glass picture :)
7-14-00This is an old art form that has been forgotten, I think. But my kids enjoy it and each have fishes hanging from their bedroom ceiling... Items need: * small round balloons * string * newspaper (I prefer splurging for white) * 1 cup starch * 3 cups water * colored tissue paper * construction paper or poster board. Directions: Mix starch and water together in a saucepan and stir over low heat with wooden spoon until mixture is sticky. Blow up balloon and tie tightly with string. Tear newsprint into strips. Rub starch mixture cooled to warm all over balloon. Dip newsprint into mixture, piece by piece. Run through fingers to take off excess starch. Smooth each piece onto, balloon overlapping until it's covered. Hang overnight to dry. When hard, puncture with pin to let out air. Now with tissue paper tear into pieces. You can either glue straight on or we balled ours up the glued on for texture. You can cut fins and tail from construction paper or lightweight cardboard to complete.
7-13-00SHINY CRABS- a cutout of a crab put corn syrup on it and red and yellow tempera paint. Let the kids finger-paint. When dry they will look like shiny crabs.
7-13-00Rainbow fish- Cut out a fish shape then cut out pieces of either tissue paper or construction paper squares for gluing on. Then out of aluminum foil cut out one shiny piece for the special scale.
7-10-00Each child is given a small piece of thick card. On this card they will put a thick layer of PVA craft glue onto which they spread dried split peas, barley etc.. When this card has dried, the children then decorate a small starfish with glitter or sequins. The starfish will then be glued on top of the dried peas. There you have a starfish on the bottom of the ocean.
7-9-00Sand Art!!!! Need: baby food jars with lids, and Pixy Stix. Let children fill the jars up w/ different colors of Pixy Stix!
6-14-00Hey! My kids love the stories of The Rainbow Fish! We read them together and then made the rainbow fish. I drew two fish per child using a stencil and stapled them back to back. The children then colored them using rainbow colors. I left an opening on one end so that the children could stuff the fish with cotton to give it a 3-D affect. To make the shiny scale I found some hot glue glitter sticks and with my help they added a glitter scale to their fish! They went home and told the story of how the fish shared the rest of his scales for weeks!
6-14-00For starfish ....I cut out starfish from construction paper and have the kids glue on shredded wheat ....looks really cool and gives them texture like a starfish.
5-31-00Have your students cut & glue pieces of sandpaper onto starfish pictures. It is a great tactile art project and saves better than using crushed cereal or cornmeal.
5-22-00In May, my multi-handicapped primary class talks about Water and Water Safety. We do lots of water projects. We make "Waterscapes" using empty plastic bottles with screw on lids. First, we put in sand (from out sandbox), then water and color it blue with food coloring. To this, we add small shells and little plastic fish. Finally we put the lids back on and tape them shut. The kids enjoy tipping the bottles back and forth to see their fish and shells! More exciting if you add some sparkles.
5-22-00First read the Rainbow Fish. Then make rainbow fish. Have white fish cut outs ready. Put them in an empty meat tray. Then dip marbles into paint and roll it around the tray. The result will be an unique colorful fish.
5-20-00Baby Food Jar Aquariums Need: Baby food jars with lids, blue and green food coloring, fish stickers, water, hot glue gun or rubber cement Each child fills baby food jar 3/4 full of water. Add drop of blue and drop of green food coloring. Teacher hot glues the top of the baby food jar and screws on - so it won't leak. Or child can rubber cement the lid - be careful though - baby food jars are hard to get on tight. After lid is on, give the children fish stickers to stick on the outside of the jar. It's a simple but clever aquarium.
ideaUnder the Sea Art: They put glue on the bottom of white construction paper and sprinkle sand on it. Have cut outs of fish, dolphins, shells, octopi, and other ocean animals for the children to choose from. They color and cut out their choices and glue them on white construction paper. Cover entire sheet with a piece of blue saran wrap and tape the wrap securely on the back using clear wrapping tape. Great ocean picture and children can see how the colors of their animals changed also.
Date: 3-30-00Seahorse Cut out of yellow or pink construction paper the shape of a seahorse. Then have the children sponge paint the seahorse and your done. Something quick and easy, but the children enjoy them and they turn out cute. You could also do this with a dolphin shape and a fish shape.
Date: 3-30-00Jellyfish You need brown paper lunch bags, have the children paint the bag all over with bright colors. Let them dry. When dry give the children several long strands of colorful streamers. Have them place newspaper into the bag this gives it the stuffed look for the jellyfishes body. Then have them place one end of each streamer into the bag. The children will need assistance in sealing the bag, you can use rubber bands for that. then your done we had hung them from the ceiling and made a ocean scene on the ceiling also.
Date: 3-30-00Paper Plate Fish Using a large paper plate cut a small triangle from the plate. Have each child watercolor the plate and the triangle. When dry have the children draw on an eye and also attach the triangle to the back end of the fish for it's tail. Where you first cut the triangle out will be the fish's mouth.
Date: 3-28-00For our Under the Sea unit, the children made jellyfish. Instead of using construction paper, I used contact paper. I cut two strips and put them together so they were clear. Then I cut the jellyfish out using the pattern. I hole punched three holes on right and left side. I let the children paint the contact paper shaped jellyfish an aqua blue and allowed them to dry. Then I tied a single strip of curly ribbon in each hole punched. The children then glued a long rectangle pre-cut strip of pink cellophane in the middle of the jellyfish. Then I cut little upward snips the length of scissor blade in the cellophane. The cellophane tears so easily that I cut this part instead of letting the children. The jellyfish looked very good hanging in a mural on the wall.
Date: 3-17-00After reading the book, "Swimmy" by Leo Lionni, provide the children with a piece of construction paper cut into a fish shape. Have them paint with sponges cut into fish shapes dipped in red paint, and one dipped in black paint for "Swimmy" to make the eye. This makes for a cute "fish" display either on a bulletin board or a special wall. This idea was shared with me by our Pre-K teacher, Miss Tracie.
Date: 3-2-00Paper Plate "aquariums": supplies needed: two 9" white paper plates blue Saran Wrap goldfish crackers gummy fish assorted ocean stickers crayons or markers stapler First using an Exacto knife, cut a circle about 6" across in the center of one of the paper plates. tape a piece of the blue Saran Wrap into the resulting opening. This will the the front of your "aquarium". (It's easier for the adult to do this step prior to craft time...I learned this the hard way!) Then, give each child a paper plate and access to the goldfish crackers, gummy fish, stickers, etc., so he/she can design an ocean scene. When the child is done, staple the front "window" to the paper plate, and voila! You have an aquarium full of fish and blue water! My students (and their parents!) love this activity! :)
Date: 3-1-00Tissue paper Gold fish You need tissue paper , old newspaper ,string glitter and glue. Give each child a one piece of Newspaper and crumble to make a ball. Then put the ball in the center of the tissue paper then wrap the ball so the ends of the tissue paper will make the fish tail. Tight a pipe cleaner or any kind of rope around the tail . Glue wiggle eyes on both sides spray with glue and shake some glitter on it . We hang our fish from the ceiling So they can "Swim" when the wind blew.
Date: 2-9-00Use a square piece of contact paper with half of the backing paper pulled down so that the sticky side is available. Let children sprinkle aquarium rocks, torn green strips of paper (seaweed) and either precut fish or fish snacks on to the contact paper. When children are done fold the other side of contact paper over the creation and seal all sides. Now you have a sea sun catcher.
Date: 1-24-00"Starfish" cut a starfish shape out of heavy white paper let kids paint glue on it then sprinkle sand on top for rough texture like a starfish.
Date: 1-9-00Confetti fish: You will need a garbage sack and some paper and glue. have the kids rip up peices of paper and put them in the garbage sack then they each get a peice of paper shaped like a fish and cover it with glue then put them in the garbage sack and shake it when they pull it out it is covered with the confetti. It also works with foil then they get shiny fish!
Date: 7-12-99Cut out a large fish shape for each child. Place three bowls of bubbles on the table, each bowl having a different color food coloring added. The children blow bubbles onto their fish, and the design is quite nice... all different colors! Have the children paint real shells and make prints on butcher paper. Each shell has a unique texture and design. Date: 1-20-99Cut out a fish shape. Have the children paint the shape with watered down glue. Put pieces of colored tissue paper on the glue. Put on one small piece of aluminum foil. Read the book Rainbow Fish before activity. 9-23-98 Name: joan 8-8-98 Name: Elizabeth E-Mail: zzzwon@aol.com We made paper crabs, fairly large, mixed tempra paint, purple & yellow & orange/red with glue. The kids painted their crabs, then sprinkled crushed up fruit loops over the top. ( We shook off the extra ) It looked like the crabs had crawled through colored sand! And it smelled good too! 7-22-98 Name: Michele E-Mail: Mshelnmars@aol.com Material: Various ocean cutouts (whales, sharks, seahorses, seawed, etc.)Glue ,blue cellophane, paper plates Give each child two paper plates of equal size. Cut the center out of one plate. On the other plate have the child glue ocean cutouts. When dry cover the cutouts with blue cellophane. Top with other plate and Voila!! Instant acquarium. 7-22-98 Name: Nyree E-Mail: lalo_nyree_cali@msn.com Make a BEAUTIFUL backdrop for all your under the sea art! I got a large sheet of muslin 3yds, 52" wide (1.19/yd) and hung it up with clothespins outside, I filled 7 spray bottles with water mixed with food coloring, or water mixed with watercolors (kind in tubes), different shades of blue, green,and some purple.I let the kids spray the muslin, they loved it, worked on it for 45 min. and let it dry.I hung this up on a wall inside and hung up our starfish and fish that we made on it. BEAUTIFUL! The colors bleed together and give a tyedye like effect, really looks like the ocean! 7-17-98 Name: Candis E-Mail: avi507k1@pn.nettuno.it Aviano Italy When using fish as a topic, I give each child a picture of a large fish. Using colored glue, {which can be homemage by adding food coloring to the bottle} and small pieces of streamers the children have the opportunity discover "new" fish in the enviroment! 7-17-98 Name: Aly E-Mail: larock@home.com Cut out different color construction paper starfish. Have the children glue on cheerios for the suction cups that are found on real starfish. 7-9-98 ame: Cheryl E-Mail: Tugboat63@aol.com Okay boys and girls, here is a great and creative idea. Get some sand and put it in a box deep enough so you can make a hole. In the hole of sand you put various shells, sand dollars, sea things. You then mix plaster of paris according to package directions, pour over shells. Wait 30 minutes, lift. TADA!!!!! There you have it, a pretty collection of sea items all in one! 7-1-98 Marilyn E-Mail: Cabana 94@aol.com Use styrofoam trays that meat is packagaed in from the supermarket (editors note: make sure to bleach the trays or ask your butcher for clean trays). Color glue and have the children spread it on the stryo tray. Sprinkle colored sand, glue small seashells, and some pepperidge farm snack fish. Put a sheet of clear plastic wrap over the tray. Instant acquarium!!!!! 6-30-98 Name: Doreen E-Mail: mmmy4@hotmail.com Fish Mural Have children fingerpaint a piece or wax paper blue. Before it dries, give them small fish cut out of different colors of tissue paper to put in the "water". The fish will stick as the paint dries. Make a frame out of construction paper. Hang the murals in the light. 6-20-98 Name: Teri E-Mail: teri123@yahoo.com Give each child a large fish shaped cutout. Then I gave the children square pieces of construction paper and they glued them mosiac style all over the fish. They turn out beatifully. 6-14-98 Name: Adrienne E-Mail: GloryLight@AOL.com Sea Urchins - Display pictures or books showing sea urchins. Most children will never have seen these incredibly interesting creatures. Give children play dough of various colors and toothpicks to create their own unique sea urchins. Children can shape the playdough into balls or whatever, then stick toothpicks into the playdough to create prickly sea urchins! 6-13-98 Sea life prints Get a "dryed" starfish, dried kelp, shells, etc. Have the children pain them and make prints on paper. 6-13-98 Name: Karye E-Mail: kluppen@aol.com Make jellyfish. Cover a half a paper plate with glue (colored pink with food coloring). Add googly eyes. Add tentacles (strips of pink tissue paper) hanging from the flat edge of the plate 6-13-98 Name: Angie E-Mail: Ang2511@aol.com Sand painting....... you can just add sand to your paint giving the paint a different texture or you can let the children paint and then sprinkle sand on their pictures. Sand Art..........color white play sand using either tempera paint, if you use the liquid as opposed to the powder, the liquid will have to dry, but it gives the sand a deeper, richer color. Give the children baby food jars and let them put in different layers of colored sand. Using plastic spoons, funnels, and craft sticks can enhance this activity for them. Make sure you let them fill their jar up all the way to the top because the sand will settle. Also, they can glue small seashells to the lid and you can hot-glue the lid on, so they can't take it off!! Don't let them shake the jars. If they do all the colors will just mix together! Have Fun! 6-13-98 Name: Nikki E-Mail: Ntaspnkasu@aol.com To make a cute octopus just paint your hands. Paint the palm one color and each finger excluding the thumb different colors. Put your prints on paper. Now repeat using the same colors on the other hand, and print overlapping a little bit. 6-13-98 Name: Julie E-Mail: jogg@netset.com WORM MURAL *fishing poles* *rubber worms* *butcher paper* *tempera pain* Attatch rubber worms to the ends of fishing lines. Invite children to dip the worms in the paint and then dangle them on the butcher paper to make interesting worm designs. 6-11-98 Name: sunny E-Mail: sunnyone@sunet.net Pre - cut, (large 18 -20 inches) sealife shapes like Lobsters, sharks, whales, octopus, all different fish shapes etc. let children paint two matching shapes,stuff with newspaper strips, staple together, and hang with fishing line from ceiling. Add blue and green streamers to ceiling to complete ocean on the ceiling. 6-11-98 Name: Missy E-Mail: 3amigos@mo-net.com To make an ocean scene take a zip lock bag & squirt some blue GEL toothpaste inside. Let the children squish it around & push the air out. Close the bag & put ocean life stickers on the outside of the bag.. The kids love it! 6-11-98 Name: Carol E-Mail: apple@wantree.com.au Sea creatures are made as follows: Octopus - cover a margarine container with coloured paper and glue on 8 streamer legs, then curl these around a pencil; add eyes and mouth. Tissue paper fish - fold A3 sheet of paper in half and put a predrawn A4 fish inside for children to trace; remove and have them trace on other side; glue 3 tissues in middle before gluing around outer edge of fish; when dry cut out. (Also do this for seahorses) Jellyfish - a foil pie tin or paper plate - add a variety of coloured streamers to it for tentacles after the children have twisted these every inch or so. Cellophane fish - make a fish shape from thin cane by taping it together about 2 inches from ends; select piece of cellophane and put glue onto the cane then place on cellophane; do same on other side; add eyes and mouth.(This is good for estimating - children have to select paper that will cover the cane) When dry, cut outside edge. Crabs - these are made from 2 sections, the shell and body/legs - glue 2 tissues to middle of body, then on shell glue split peas/soup mix;when dry, glue shell to body ,paint and put on eyes. We display these in a paddle pool with rocks, sand and shells. Whales - have children stuff large plastic rubbish bag with newspaper - you will need to tape the tail.....and shape it...add on eyes and mouth. We make large drawings of sea creatures (e.g. dolphin) and then turning it over I trace it into jigsaw pieces and number them - starting at the top - ensuring there is a piece for each child and one for me....mine is the eye or the piece that will give it away. I cut it out....then each child (next day as I draw it after school finishes) gets a piece to paint. When all are dry we sit in a circle and proceed to put our jigsaw together by gluing it onto a large backing board - the numbers are the guide for joining it up. Language really comes alive as the children try to guess which creature we have made today! Usually do 3 or 4 of these. 6-9-98 Name: Pat E-Mail: Pfull714@aol.com Paint bubble wrap with roller or brayer. Lift print onto paper. Lifting onto a fish shape makes a beautiful "Rainbow Fish". 6-9-98 Name: Pat E-Mail: Pfull714@aol.com SeaLife Art: Paint a fish, yes a real fish (about 14-20 inches long) with a paint brush. Lift onto paper toweling or muslin. Nice print and kids love the fish !!!! I prefer to do this outside. 6-9-98 Name: Gina... E-Mail: burkhard@ecsu.campus.mci.net In our ocean life week we have the children spread glue over a starfish stencil, then sprinkle cornmeal over it. In past years I didn't have any cornmeal, so each child crushed his/her own bag of cornflakes to put over the glue. This year was the first year I had cornmeal and used it...like we were supose to. I prefer the crushed cornflakes, the look and feel is better!
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