Monday, July 26, 2010

Ocean Crafts

C, R, and their friend, A, each made two fun ocean crafts while we were visiting the Ocean Explorium

First they made hand print crabs.  Paint both hands and press them down on the paper with the fingers spread out to the sides and the thumbs touching in the middle (see finished product below for a clear picture about how to place hands).



Glue googly eyes above the thumbs and the crab is complete.

They also made jellyfish using markers, a coffee filter, one Dixie cup, ribbon, and tape.

First, color the coffee filter with markers

Then tape a Dixie cup to the bottom side of the coffee filter as shown

Tape ribbons around the edge of the coffee filter (or you can attach them to the rim of the cup), and tape one ribbon to the center of the top side of the coffee filter (this one allows you to hold the jellyfish and make it move).




*Thank you Robin for allowing me to include pictures of A in this post (and yesterday's post)! 

6 comments:

Ticia said...

I love their completed jellyfish.

An Almost Unschooling Mom said...

I love the handprint crabs. How wonderful to be able to do a craft like that, where someone else gets to clean up the paint :)

Valerie @ Inner Child Fun said...

Very CUTE!!! I especially love the handprint crabs. They are adorable!!

Natalie PlanetSmarty said...

Great crafts. It's nice that you also brought a friend along. I am also squeamish about posting someone else's pictures on my blog and usually ask parents for permission first.

Jenny said...

Cute! These are great ideas!

Rebecca said...

Those crabs are adorable!