Ocean and Underwater Inspired Crafts for Kids

Many kids are thrilled with the idea of ocean life, underwater sea creatures, and beaches. There are a lot of fun projects for kids that can be created with an underwater theme. Here are some fun and exciting kid's crafts with the ocean theme in mind.

Coffee filter jelly fish are fun and easy to make, and they can be kept and hung around a child's room for years to come. First you will need a couple coffee filters, a paper cup, string, watercolors, scissors, and glue. First wet the coffee filters, and have the children paint them in various colors. After they are dry glue one coffee filter to the paper cup and thread a string through the center of the cup and through the coffee filter; this string will make the jelly fish able to hang.

Next rip the other filters into strips and glue them to the open end of the cup. They will hang down like the tentacles of the jellyfish. This project is fun and easy, and it is a guaranteed winner for any child who is interested in ocean life.

Paper plate port holes are awesome and eye catching projects. You will need left over paper plates, silver paint, fish shaped crackers, circular cereal pieces, sand or dirt, some paper, glue, and blue cellophane.

First cut a circle out of the majority of the middle of the paper plate, and glue the cereal pieces around the outside of the circle while it is upside down. Paint the plate silver because it will be the porthole. Remember to make the hole big enough to view your picture.

Next glue some dirt onto the bottom of a piece of paper. Cut and glue some leaves out of paper and onto the picture as well to create an under water scene. If you have some shells lying around feel free to use these as well. Next add your fish to the scene and let this dry. After the sea life picture has dried shake off the excess dirt.

Now cut the cellophane so it is a bigger circle than the one that is cut out of your plate. Glue this cellophane to the plate and let dry. Finally glue the plate to your ocean scene and trim off the excess. This porthole is an awesome project that you can display around the house.

Another simple and fun craft project can be made using an old sock, wiggly eyes or buttons, glue, and some cotton balls or stuffing. This sock octopus is adorable and easy to make. Simply cut the bottom half of a sock into strips, and stuff the top with cotton. Now tie two of the opposing strips together into a knot; continue working in a circle until all of the strips are knotted. Now glue or sew on eyes and a mouth, and you have an awesome sock octopus.

Under water and ocean crafts are a lot of fun and inspire a lot of imagination. They can be created using things found around the home, and your kids will have a blast!