The Beauty of the Ocean

Kid Craft: Ocean

Supplies:

• Straws
• Paint - Tempura or Finger Paint works best
• Water
• Green Streamers
• Glue
• Bird Seed
• Fish Coloring Pages
• Scissors
• Marbles
• Cardboard lid to a box or Baking pan
• Large paper
• Newspaper

1. Ocean water

• Mix Blue paint with a tad of water.
• Cover Table with newspaper.
• Pour blue water paint in zigzags on white paper.
• Take straws and blow paint around paper. Careful not to get lightheaded.

2. Fish

• Cut out fish.
• Place cut outs in lid or pan with marbles.
• Make small dollops of different colored paint in the lid/pan and on fish.
• Hold onto lid/pan on both sides and roll sideways, forward and back, and in circles.
• Watch the magic come about.

3. Make the Ocean

• Glue fish on. Can do even if water is still wet. Blue shines through but does not cover whole fish unless the blue has too much water.
• Apply glue on bottom of page and sprinkle birdseed on for sand.
• Glue streamer on for seaweed.

Variations

• Sand, dirt, beads, rocks
• Fish, starfish, shells
• Streamers, grass, construction paper

*Works on sensory integration, bilateral hand coordination, visual attention, tactile sensitivities, eye hand coordination, and having fun!