Summer Beach Sand Fingerpainting Craft

Here's a cute summer beach scene craft made with sand paint. I really love the idea of mixing sand with paint. It gives it such a neat texture for fingerpainting. Some kids may not like it at first, but they usually come around after a little bit. Sand is usually colored yellow for a beach, but for this craft, I really wanted to make blue sand like the water washing up on the beach.

Materials:

• yellow construction paper
• sand
• blue paint
• shallow trays
• small crab cutout
• glue

Directions:

1. Put blue paint into shallow trays and mix sand with the paint.
2. Put a big glob of sandy paint on the yellow construction paper and let kids spread it around with their fingers. Leave a strip of yellow at the top for the beach. Allow to dry.
3. Cut a little crab or other sea creature and glue on your beach scene.



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Cartesian Diver Toy Craft

I remember having a Cartesian diver toy when I was a kid. Now, you can make your own. This Cartesian diver craft comes from a Japanese site and has photos and instructions in English and Japanese. One advantage of living in Japan is when you buy sushi at a supermarket, it always includes a little soy sauce packet. These are often little plastic tubes shaped like fish. They have a resealable screw on cap and are perfect for making the little Cartesian divers. You can also buy them at the store. They need a little weight at the bottom like a nut and need enough air inside to just barely float to the surface. Put them in a sealed plastic bottle full of water. When you squeeze the bottle, they sink. You can also get fancy with some divers with little hooks and try to snag weights on the bottom like a game. Visit this site today for the full tutorial, have fun.

Cartesian diver

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Plastic Bottle Fish Lantern Craft

This is a really cool looking recycled plastic bottle fish lantern craft I found on a Japanese blog. They used a 2 liter plastic drink bottle. Unfortunately, there is no description of how the craft was made. It looks as if they glued green tissue paper strips all over the bottle. The fins and mouth appear to be other pieces of plastic likewise covered in tissue paper and glued on. The eyes might be painted bottle caps. It's a great idea. You could put a string of Christmas lights inside to make a lantern. It makes you think what other things you could make with the same idea. Follow the link below to see some other pictures including a blue fish. Have fun.

Wagama My Life

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Summer Jellyfish Bottle Craft

This summer jellyfish in a bottle craft is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen! Use a clear plastic bag, a bottle, and a little ingenuity to create what looks like a real jellyfish swimming in this little bottle. Follow the link for a full tutorial with pictures.

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Summer Aquarium Fish Craft

Here's a cool Summer aquarium fish craft. You can watch your paper fish swim in their little aquarium world.

Materials:

• sheet of blue and white construction paper
• other various colors of construction paper
• cardboard
• plastic wrap
• scissors
• glue
• crayons
• hole punch
• blue thread

Directions:

1. Apply glue to the border of a sheet of blue construction paper and cover with a sheet of plastic wrap. Cut off the excess.
2. Cut a border frame for your blue sheet from cardboard and a matching frame from white construction paper.
3. Glue the cardboard frame on your blue paper.
4. Cut colorful fish from geometric shapes and punch a hole in each. Tie to a short length of blue thread.
5. Cut out green paper water plants.
6. Tape the threaded fish to the top of the frame and glue the plants to the bottom.
7. Glue the white paper frame on top of the cardboard frame.
8. Decorate the white frame with crayons.
9. Stand your aquarium up and see the fish floating.

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Summer Jellyfish Plastic Plate Craft

Here's a summer jellyfish craft idea from Japan. Use green plastic plate or paint a paper plate green.

Materials:

• green plastic plate/ painted paper plate
• scissors and craft scissors
• green crepe streamers
• light green construction paper
• markers/crayons
• hole punch
• string
• glue

Directions:

1. Cut your green plate in half using zigzag craft scissors.
2. Cut a half circle to fit on the bottom of the plate. Draw a jellyfish face with eyes and spots.
3. Glue the face on the bottom of the half plate.
4. Cut long crepe streamers of equal length and glue on the opposite side of the plate for tentacles.
5. Punch a hole in the top and tie a string to hang up.

Thanks: Baby Scrapbooks

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Summer Paper Clay Fish Craft

This is a cute summer fish craft from paper clay. Use interesting objects to make impressions in the clay.

Materials:

• paper clay
• paints
• interesting objects(shells, bottle caps, small toys, etc.)
• ribbon

Directions:

1. Mold your paper clay into a fish shape.
2. Press all kinds of objects into the clay to make impressions. If you press an object all the way through, remove from the hole and put on top. Press a hole in the top
3. Paint your fish. Allow to dry.
4. Tie a ribbon and hang up.

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Summer Ziploc Fish Craft

This is a great summer craft idea. Use Ziploc sandwich bags to make Ziploc fish.

Materials:

Ziploc bag
colorful yarn or tissue paper
string
marker
google eyes
glue
tape


Directions:

Beforehand fold and tape the bottom corners securely, so the bottom of the bag looks like an arrow. This will become the head and mouth of the fish.
Fill your bags with colorful paper or tissue paper and seal shut.
Pinch and tie the bag near the opening with a string. The Ziploc end becomes the tail.
Draw a face with a marker and add a google eye.

Source: Kansai Kids

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Koi Nobori Carp Fish Craft

This is a cute craft that represents the Koi Nobori, carp streamers that are hung up for Boy's Day in Japan. This is a simple paper version. Fold a piece of paper for the body and cut a "v" tail. Decorate and add an eye. Finally add a hand print for a fin. Make a hole family and string them up.

Seesaa

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Summer Jellyfish Paper Bowl Craft

This summer jellyfish craft is so cute and original. You just need a paper bowl, some ribbon, and a few other materials. Fun for kids and great for summer camps. Go here for more details:

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Summer Handprint Crab Craft

This cute little Summer hand print crab craft is perfect for summer camps or a trip to the beach. You just need red pain, hands, paper and a few touches. Kids and parents love hand print crafts and it's true, you can make anything from a hand print. Go here for this and other cool craft ideas.

Ninja Diva

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Summer Jellyfish Paper Bowl Craft

Here's a great summer jellyfish craft from a paper bowl and crepe streamers. Great for a sea or beach related craft.

Materials:

• paper bowl
• paints
• paintbrushes
• sharp pencil
• string
• paperclip
• glue
• crepe streamers
• google eyes
• marker

Directions:

1. Poke a hole in the bottom of your paper bowl with a sharp pencil.
2. Completely paint the bottom of the bowl in th color of choice. Jelyfsh enerall look best in pink, purple, or blue. Allow to dry.
3. Paint some dark colored spots on your jellyfish. Allow to dry.
4. Thread a string through the hole in the bowl. Tie a paper clip to the inside end of the string. Glue or tape the paper clip on the inside of the bowl.
5. Cut 8 crepe streamers the same length.
6. Turn your bowl upside down. Glue the streamers one by one to the inside of the bowl.
7. Add google eyes and draw a mouth to complete your jellyfish

Source: First Palette

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Summer Octopus Spool Craft

Make this really cute summer octopus craft from wooden spools and pipe cleaners. It's posible, too.

Materials:

• 1 wooden egg
• 8 large wooden spools(5/8" x 3/4")
• 16 medium wooden spools(1/2" x 1/2")
• 16 small wooden spools(1/2" x 3/8")
• 40 large beads
• 4 long, pink, pipe cleaners(12")
• pink, white, and black acrylic paint
• ribbon
• strong glue or glue gun
• pencil

Drections:

1. Paint wooden egg and all the spools and beads pink. Allow to dry.
2. Twist 4 pink pipe cleaners in the middle. Spread  the ends to look like an octopus.
3. For each arm of your octopus, thread on the big spool, then 2 medium spools, and 2 mall spools. Thread a bead between each spool as you go. Put a bead on after the last spool and twist the end of the pipe cleaner to secure each leg.
4. Trace and paint eyes and a mouth on your egg.
5. Glue the egg securely to the middle of your octopus.
6. Tie a ribbon around your octopus' neck.

Variation: You could adapt the same concept to make a spider craft for Halloween.

Complete tutorial with photos from: Plaid Kids Crafts

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Summer Jellyfish Paper Plate Craft

Here's a simple idea for a summer jellyfish preschool craft. Great for summer, beach, or sea, related topics.

Materials:

• paper plate
• scissors
• pink paint
• eye stickers
• white and pink crepe streamers
• glue

Directions:

1. Cut a paper plate in half.
2. Give each student a half paper plate.
3. Paint the the plate all pink. Use paintbrushes or just fingers. Allow to dry.
4. Cut white and pink streamers a few inches long.
5. Glue the streamers to he back of the paper plate.
6. Add eye stickers on the front.

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Recycled Fish Craft

Here's a great recycled fish craft just perfect for Earth Day or a fun summer craft.

Materials:

old cereal box
aluminum foil
scissors
glue gun
glitter glue
scrap paper, lace, m&m's, sequins, and any other decorating materials

Directions:

Cut a simple head and tail fish shape from an old cereal box.
Wrap completely in aluminum foil.
Cut and glue on little shapes, lace, and even m&m's to decorate your fish.

Source: Think Crafts

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Jellyfish Summer Kids Craft

Bring some beach fun home with this cute jellyfish summer craft. This one reminds me of the funny aliens from the old Muppet Show. The kids will love it.

Materials:

• kitchen sponge(without the rough side)
• yarn
• 2 large google eyes
• 1 large paper clip
• Glue

Directions:

1.  Cut the sponge into a simple jellyfish shape
2. Cut 5 strands of yarn about 20 inches long. Pull the strands apart slightly with your fingers to make them fuzzier.
3. Unroll a big paperclip and form a "U" shape.
4. Wrap the strands of yarn around the "U" and stick into the back of the sponge.
5. Glue some google eyes on the front.
6. Hang your jellyfish near a window, so his tentacles wave in the wind.

Source: Playful Crafts

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Koi Nobori Carp Streamers Windsock Craft 2

In Japan, May 5th marks "Kodomo no Hi", Boys' Day or Childrens' Day. The traditional decoration are large carp streamer windsocks. Carp swim upstream and are considered strong and lucky. Parents want their children to be like carp.

Here's a small handheld  Carp Streamer version you can make yourself.

Materials:

•  large paper for decorating, or wrapping paper.
• 4 inch wide wooden loop or ring cut from a toilet roll
• scissors
• glue
• bamboo stick, dowel or chopstick
• hole punch
• string
• tape

Directions:

1.  
2. Cut a piece of 13.5x18 inch paper to decorate or use wrapping paper.
3. Decorate your paper to look like a carp and make big fish eyes.
4. Roll your paper into a tube and wrap around and glue to the wooden loop.
5. Flatten out the fish tube and cut along the bottom halfway from the end to make a fish shape as shown.
6. Punch 4 holes around the top, just under the wooden loop.
7. Tie 4 pieces of string to the carp, then tie together and tape to the top of the stick.
8. Run and fly your carp streamer.

Source: Free Kids Crafts

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Koi Nobori Carp Streamers Windsock Craft

In Japan, May 5th marks "Kodomo no Hi", Boys' Day or Childrens' Day. The traditional decoration are large carp streamer windsocks. Carp swim upstream and are considered strong and lucky. Parents want their children to be like carp.

Here's a carp streamer windsock craft you can make from paper and hang up outside. Great craft if you're learning about other cultures or Japan.

Materials:

• construction paper
• scissors
• tissue paper
• crepe streamers
• hole punch
• string
• glue

Directions:

1. Beforehand, you need to cut a lot of fish scales. Cut shapes from various colored tissue paper like an oval with one flat side. Refer to the pictures on the website.
2. Apply a layer of glue along the long side of a sheet of construction paper.
3. Lay down a line of scales in rainbow colors.
4. Apply another layer of glue above the first row of scales and lay down the second layer.
5. Continue this process up the paper until you're more than halfway.
6. Cut a long strip from black construction paper and glue it over the last layer of scales.
7. Cut several lengths of crepe paper about 2 feet long.
8. Tun your paper over. Apply glue to the bottom side and put a row of streamers.
9. Trim of the scales from the sides of the paper. Roll up your paper into a tube. Glue or staple secure.
10. Cut 2 big black eyes and glue on opposite sides of the tube.
11. Punch 2 holes at the top of your tube and tie a string to hang up.

Great step by step tutorial from: The Crafty Classroom

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Koi Nobori Carp Streamers Craft

In Japan, May 5th marks "Kodomo no Hi", Boys' Day or Childrens' Day. The traditional decoration are large carp streamer windsocks. Carp swim upstream and are considered strong and lucky. Parents want their children to be like carp.

You can make a miniature version with this carp streamers paper craft. Just visit the site below and print out the color pieces on thick paper. Follow the step by step picture directions to assemble. Sorry, no English but you can easily follow the tutorial. Good Luck.


Source: http://kids.nifty.com/handmade/paper/event/12/index.htm

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Shark Paper Plate Craft

This is a funny shark craft you can make from a paper plate and some blue paper.

Materials:

• 1 paper plate
• blue construction paper
• pencil
• scissors
• google eyes
• crayons

Directions:

1. Cut little triangles out of the rim of a paper plate all the way around.
2. Fold down the triangles for teeth and fold the paper plate in half to make the mouth.
3. Color the outside of the mouth blue or grey and the inside red if desired.
4. Trace and cut out a large, simple fish shape body and 3 triangles for fins.
5. Glue the fins on the body as shown in the picture.
6. Glue on the mouth and 2 google eyes.
7. Trace, cut out, and color a little fish or something else to go into the shark's mouth.

You could easily adapt this to a Christian craft to tell the story of Jonah and the whale.

Source: Almost Unschoolers

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