• Contact Paper or Waxed Paper
• Tissue Paper or Construction Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Yarn

• Give the kids the contact paper (or glue and wax paper) cut out as a sea creature. Then Let your kids make their own stain glass creature. After they have dried hang them in the window to make a beautiful stained glass look.

• Contact Paper
• Tissue Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Yarn
• Glitter
• Finger Paint
• Sponge (For Sponge Paints)

• Cut out the construction paper in the shape of a creature and give all of your kids a cutout. Let them use all of the above materials to create their own creatures.
  

• Poster Board
• Tissue Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Yarn
• Paint
• Glitter
• Cotton Balls or Cutup Paper

• Give each child a cutout of some creature. Let them decorate the creature however they want (hint: for cool gills use glue and sprinkle glue on it). Then connect the two halves, stuffing them with the cotton balls. Makes a great 3D fish.
  

• Tissue Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Yarn
• Paint
• Glitter
• Paper Plates or Clean Meat Trays
• Plastic Wrap

• Give the kids a paper plate (or meat tray) and have them create an aquarium scene on the top side of the plate. Then over that plate tape a second plate (or meat tray) that you have cut out a hole at the top (can cover with Plastic wrap). This makes it look like your looking into an aquarium.
  

(to be done while reading Rainbow Fish Book)

• Poster Board or Construction Paper
• Tissue Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Aluminum Foil (For Shiny Gills)
• Paint
• Glitter
• Cotton Balls or Cutup Paper
• Glue

• First Read the Book and then let your kids design their own rainbow fish.
  

• Play Dough (Make your own in the recipes section)
• Tooth Picks
• Paint or color the play dough

• Talk about Sea Urchins and show your kids pictures of sea urchins, Then let them create their own sea urchins using the above materials.
  

• Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Finger Paints

• Let the kids put finger paint all over their hands (in any combination that they wish) then have them put a hand print on the paper. Next have them put another hand print overlapping the last but pointing in the opposite direction. The base of the hand creates the body of the octopus. The fingers make the tentacles.

• Bubbles
• Paper

• Have your children cut out a sea creature shape from paper. Then give them bubbles colored several different colors. Have them blow these bubbles onto their creature cutouts. This creates really neat designs.

To make shiny crabs (or other creatures) add cornstarch to your paint.

• Paper
• Sand Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Crayons
• Iron

• Cut out the sand paper creatures in the shape of various sea creatures. Let the kids color the sea creatures (The more times they go over an area or harder they press the better). Then put the sand paper face first on another piece of paper. Go over the paper with a warm Iron. This will create a neat picture on the paper.

• Play Dough (Make your own in the recipes section)
• Tooth Picks
• Paint or color the play dough

• Talk about Sea Urchins and show your kids pictures of sea urchins, Then let them create their own sea urchins using the above materials.

Have children use crushed Cornflakes or cornmeal to paint on starfish to make a realistic feel

• Paper
• Glue

• Have all of your children rip up small pieces of paper and put them in a garbage bag. Then have then cut out a sea animal shape. Next, have them cover the shape with glue. Finally, they can put the animal (with glue still wet) in the garbage bag and shake it. The confetti will stick to the glue.

Painting with bubble wrap makes great suckers on starfish.

• Tissue Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Yarn
• Paint
• Glitter
• Paper Plates
• Plastic Wrap

• Cut off the top of a paper plate to make it look like a fishbowl. Have them create an aquarium scene on the bottom of the plate. Then have them cut out fish shapes and attach to the bowl.

: Make a paper mache sea creature

• Large Pasta Shells
• Paint

• Give your children large pasta shells (the bigger the better) then have them paint them any way that they want. Explain to your children that no two shells are the same just like their shell creations are all different.

when your children's sea paintings are drying sprinkle salt on the top of them. When it dries it will create neat patterns in the painting.

• Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Finger Paints

• Let the kids put finger paint all over their hands (in any combination that they wish) then have them put a hand print on the paper. Next have them put another hand print overlapping the last but pointing in the opposite direction. The base of the hand creates the body of the octopus. The fingers make the tentacles.

Have your children paint with seashells, dry seaweed, dry kelp, dry starfish, etc.

• Paper
• Sand Paper
• Googly Eyes
• Crayons
• Iron

• Cut out the sand paper creatures in the shape of various sea creatures. Let the kids color the sea creatures (The more times they go over an area or harder they press the better). Then put the sand paper face first on another piece of paper. Go over the paper with a warm Iron. This will create a neat picture on the paper.

• Paper Plates
• Glue (dyed an appropriate color)
• Tissue paper

• Cut paper plate in half and cover plate with glue (colored a color of a jellyfish). Add googly eyes and strips of tissue paper (same color as glue) for tentacles.

• Paper Lunch Bah
• Paint
• Tape
• Yarn

• Give each of your children a paper lunch bag, Have them paint the bottom third of the bag. Next fold the bottom of the bag to form a point (tape it). Tie the open ends of the bag together and with yarn. Now your children can add a fish face and you have a cute fist.

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